The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
From inside the book
Results 1-2 of 2
Page 74
... ( snow ) hampered sight in those parts . Aristeas eventually returned home , and wrote a long poem describing his adventures and what he had learned about those distant regions . He had in fact travelled much further than any Greek was to ...
... ( snow ) hampered sight in those parts . Aristeas eventually returned home , and wrote a long poem describing his adventures and what he had learned about those distant regions . He had in fact travelled much further than any Greek was to ...
Page 150
... snow ' . But this passage has not been traced in any edition of Odoric . In turn Juan Euse- bio Nieremberg , writing in 1605 , copies the earlier passages from Liceti , but adds nothing new himself . But something original was reported ...
... snow ' . But this passage has not been traced in any edition of Odoric . In turn Juan Euse- bio Nieremberg , writing in 1605 , copies the earlier passages from Liceti , but adds nothing new himself . But something original was reported ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
22 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Africa Ages ancient animals ants appearance Asia Barnacle Goose beast became become believed bestiary bird body British brought called Central century CHAPTER China Chinese claimed classical creature Ctesias derived described discovered dragon earlier early eggs Europe evidence existence eyes fabulous fact feet fish folklore giant given gold Greek griffin hair head heard Herodotus horn human idea imagination India island John kind known Lamb later legend lived London look magic manticora meaning medieval mentioned mermaid Middle monsters mountains mystery myth Natural History once origin Paris perhaps Persian phoenix plant Pliny pointed published recorded references remains reports says seems seen shape South story strange suggested symbol tail taken thought Trans Travels turned unicorn unknown wild writing York