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Amsterdamse Courant 1742. Rhinoceros in Amsterdam. Amsterdamse Courant no. 121, 9 October 1742: 2.

Rhinoceros in Amsterdam

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Text in Dutch: Werd bekent gemaekt aen alle Heeren en Liefhebbers dat binnen de stad Amsterd, in een Schip is te zien een levendige Rhinoceros; in 't gebied van den Grooten Mogol gevangen, in 't landschap Assem, en uyt Bengalen in Holland aengeland, wiens weerga nooit bevorens hier is geweest: dit voorn. Beest is 3 jaren oud, en wel 3500 pond zwaer, leggende op den Amstel by de Halvemaensbrug. En zal in ‘t laetst van deeze week vertrekken.

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