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Zoo : The Wild And Wonderful Tale Of The Founding Of London Zoo
Hardback Edition: 1
How one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the world The creation of a zoo in Dickensian London - when only one other existed across the world - is a story of jaw-dropping audacity. It is the story of trailblazing scientists,
rival zookeepers and aristocratic naturalists collecting amazing animals from all four corners of the globe.It is the story of a weird and wonderful oasis in the heart of a swirling city, and of incredible characters, both human and animal - from Stamford Raffles and Charles Darwin to Jenny the orang-utan and Obaysch the celebrity hippo, the first that anyone in Britain had ever seen. Against a background of global Empire, domestic reform and industrialisation, this is a new history of a new world.
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Pages : 368
Publisher : Viking Press
Publication date : 2016-01-11
Subjects: Non-fiction, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure