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Anonymous 1753. Arrival of rhinoceros in Cologne from Aaken. Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant Tuesday 30-10-1753 (no. 44): 1.

Arrival of rhinoceros in Cologne from Aaken

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

Anonymous, 1753. Arrival of rhinoceros in Cologne from Aaken. Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant Tuesday 30-10-1753 (no. 44): 1
Keulen, 26 October. Gisteren arriveerde van Aaken een Rhinoceros, op eenen Wagen met 12 Paerden bespannen, en in eenen groote Houten Kas opgesloten, die al voor eenige Jaaren in Vrankryk, Italien en in Duytsland is gezien geworden.
(Cologne, 26 October. Yesterday arrived from Aachen a Rhinoceros, on a waggon drawb by 12 horses, and kept in a large wooden crate, which has been seen for some years in France, Italy and Germany.)

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