 Reference Base  The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief... |
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Peel, C.V.A., 1903. The zoological gardens of Europe: their history and chief features. London, F.E. Robinson, pp. i-xiv, 1-256
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Captive - Europe |
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Captivity - Zoo Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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In 1794 the large and valuable collection of the Palais de Versailles was offered to the Jardin des Plantes, and accepted on its behalf by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. This collection contained 5 specimens which had never been seen in Paris before - namely, a quagga, now unhappily extinct, a hartebeest, a crested pigeon from the Isle of Banga, an Indian Rhinoceros and a lion from Senegal.
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