Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Title | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London PDF eBook |
Author | Zoological Society of London |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832).
Title | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832). PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1242 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Title | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London PDF eBook |
Author | Zoological Society (London) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London
Title | The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London PDF eBook |
Author | Zoological Society of London |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1228 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Title | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London PDF eBook |
Author | Zoological Society of London |
Publisher | |
Pages | 742 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
Vols. for 1904-1931 and 1939-1940 include Abstracts of the proceedings, no. 1-341 (bound at end of vol.)
Journal of Zoology
Title | Journal of Zoology PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
Obaysch
Title | Obaysch PDF eBook |
Author | Simons, John |
Publisher | Sydney University Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2019-02-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 174332586X |
In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived in England, thought to be the first in Europe since the Roman Empire, and almost certainly the first in Britain since prehistoric times. Captured near an island in the White Nile, Obaysch was donated by the viceroy of Egypt in exchange for greyhounds and deerhounds. His arrival in London was greeted with a wave of ‘hippomania’, doubling the number of visitors to the Zoological Gardens almost overnight. Delving into the circumstances of Obaysch’s capture and exhibition, John Simons investigates the phenomenon of ‘star’ animals in Victorian Britain against the backdrop of an expanding British Empire. He shows how the entangled aims of scientific exploration, commercial ambition, and imperial expansion shaped the treatment of exotic animals throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Along the way, he uncovers the strange and moving stories of Obaysch and the other hippos who joined him in Europe as the trade in zoo animals grew.