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1743 / Amsterdam, Netherlands

The newspaper on 12 October 1743 had an advertisement that the rhinoceros was still exhibited on the Leydsche Plein, and would leave on Thursday 16 October 1743 (source 2101). It was also recorded in Amsterdam as part of a longer journey before 1747 (source 2102).


Source 2101. Amsterdamse Courant, 12 October 1743

Amsterdamse Courant 1743. no. 123, 12 October 1743, p. 2.

1743 Amsterdam 2101

Original text (Dutch)

Aan alle Heeren en Liefhebbers werd bekent gemaekt, dat tot aenstaende Donderdag den 17 October, t’ Amst. op ‘t Leydse Pleyn, nog te zien zal zyn een Levendige Rhinoceros, in ‘t gebied van den Grooten Mogol gevangen in ‘t Landschap van Assem, en uyt Bengalen na Holland aen gelant, wiens weerga nooyt bevorens hier te zien is geweest.

English translation

It was announced to all Gentlemen and Enthusiasts that until next Thursday, October 17, at Amsterdam’s Leydse Plein, a living Rhinoceros will be on display, captured in the area of ​​the Great Mogul in the countryside of Assem, and landed from Bengal to Holland, the like of which has never been seen here before.


Source 2102. Homann, Abbildliche Geschichte

Amsterdam, no date, 1747 or earlier

Homann, Joh. Bapt. (Verlag) 1747. Abbildliche Geschichte der auslaendischen Landthiere. Zweytes Blat, worinnen das Nashorn vorgestellet ist.. Nürnberg, Zu finden in der Homaennischen Officin. pp. 1–2. Mon. Febr. Ao. 1747. Engraving, hand-coloured, 42 x 55 cm

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Original text (German)

Die Figur stellet dasjenige Nashorn oder Rhinoceros vor, welches ein Hollander Ao. 1741 und bis hieher in Amsterdam, Leyden, Breslau, Berlin, Wien etc. zur Schau herum führet.

English translation

The figure shows the rhinoceros which was exhibited by a Dutchman in 1741 in places like Amsterdam, Leyden, Breslau, Berlin, Vienna.

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