Description: Further DetailsTitle: In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in FranceCondition: NewSubtitle: A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826–1845ISBN-10: 1538142244EAN: 9781538142240ISBN: 9781538142240Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/21/2020Description: This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King Charles X in 1826. “Zarafa,” taken by boat from Egypt to Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 222mmItem Length: 153mmItem Width: 12mmItem Weight: 331gAuthor: Olivier LebleuTranslator: Cynthia T. HahnContributor: Cynthia T. Hahn (Translated by)Genre: HistoryRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France
Title: In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France
Subtitle: A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826–1845
ISBN-10: 1538142244
EAN: 9781538142240
ISBN: 9781538142240
Release Date: 08/21/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Cynthia T. Hahn
Contributor: Cynthia T. Hahn (Translated by)
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France : a Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Subject: Europe / France, Africa / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Olivier Lebleu
Item Length: 8.7 in
Subject Area: Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
