The Hanau newspaper wrote in 1747 that the previous year the rhinoceros had been seen in Vienna and in Prague (source 2851). There is no other evidence. Prague is halfway between Wroclaw and Vienna, but it would have meant a considerable detour.
Wroclaw to Prague is 300 km. Prague to Vienna is 350 km.
Wroclaw straight to Vienna is 400 km.
Literature
- Faust 2003: 55 and nr. 724
Source 2851. Ausführliche Beschreibung for 1746
Faust 2003: 55 and nr. 724 – Kalender Hanau: “vorm. Jahr zu Wien, Prag etc.”
see Hanau: source 3551
Paul, Marx 1747. Ausführliche Beschreibung des angekommenen grossen Wunder-thiers Rhinoceros. Curieuse und zur See wohl erfahrne Holländische Boots-Knecht (Evangelisch-verbesserter, Catholisch-Neuer und Alter Julianischer Europäische Kalender), Hanau 1747
[text, for 1746]
Original text (German)
Von diesem lebendigen grossen Thier Rhinoceros wird zwar nicht unbekandt seyn, daß dasselbe schon vorm. Jahr in Wien, Prag und andern grossen Städten des Reichs für Geld zu sehen herum geführet worden
English translation
It will not be unknown that this living, great animal, the rhinoceros, was already exhibited for money in Vienna, Prague, and other major cities of the Empire last year.
