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Captive - Europe |
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Captivity - Before 1800 |
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Indian Rhino |
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It was in 1746 that the first rhinoceros was exhibited in Berlin. This animal, an Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), was the fifth specimen of its species to come to Europe in modern times. It reached the Netherlands in 1741, and from 1746 it was on show in several towns of central Europe, and also in Berlin's 'Spittelmarkt', where it even attracted the interest of Frederick the Great himself, who came to see the animal (Blaszkiewitz, 1980).
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Rhinos in Berlin
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