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Amsterdamse Courant 1741. Rhinoceros in Amsterdam. Amsterdamse Courant no. 102, 26 August 1741.

Rhinoceros in Amsterdam

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Amsterdamse Courant
1741, No. 100, 22 August 1741
1741, No. 101, 24 August 1741
1741, No. 102, 26 August 1741

Werd aen alle Heeren en Liefhebbers bekent gemaekt, dat tot Nieuwendam is gearriveert een leevendige Rhinocerus van 2 Jaer oud, bijna 3000 pond swaer, en in het Gebied van den Grooten Mogol gevangen in 't Landschap Assem, en nu uyt Bengalen in Holland gebragt, wiens weerga nooit te vooren hier is geweest, en is te zien bij M. Wylacker tot Nieuwendam, voorn. voor zes stuivers ieder persoon.

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