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Anonymous 1749. Arrival of rhinoceros in Civita-Vecchia in Italy. Oprechte Haerlemsche courant 18 December 1749: 2.

Arrival of rhinoceros in Civita-Vecchia in Italy

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Location Captive Subject Captivity Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

Anonymous, 1749. Arrival of rhinoceros in Civita-Vecchia in Italy. Oprechte Haerlemsche courant 18 December 1749: 2
Te Civita-Vecchia is eene Galey met een Rinoceros voor den Koning der beyde Sicilien ingeloopen.
[At Civita-Vecchia arrived a galey boat with a Rhinoceros for the King of Both Sicilies.]

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