The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... existence . Observations from travellers in the newly discovered countries overseas increased , as did the knowledge of animals at home . The bewildering variety of nature presented an insoluble problem . Early writers , such as Pliny ...
... existence . Observations from travellers in the newly discovered countries overseas increased , as did the knowledge of animals at home . The bewildering variety of nature presented an insoluble problem . Early writers , such as Pliny ...
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... existence of some kind of unicorn - like animal in Darfur . Indeed the Arab traveller Mohammed Ibn Omar from Tunisia was taken to task by French scholars for not mentioning one in his account of that country in 1845 . The English ...
... existence of some kind of unicorn - like animal in Darfur . Indeed the Arab traveller Mohammed Ibn Omar from Tunisia was taken to task by French scholars for not mentioning one in his account of that country in 1845 . The English ...
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... existence of the unicorn in the unknown heart of Africa . After quoting several earlier reports , he goes on : That such an animal has existed , there can , I think , be little doubt it is possible he is extinct ; but more probable that ...
... existence of the unicorn in the unknown heart of Africa . After quoting several earlier reports , he goes on : That such an animal has existed , there can , I think , be little doubt it is possible he is extinct ; but more probable that ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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