Article ID: CBB000002004

Robert Jacob Gordon's original account of the African black rhinoceros (1977)

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Description Gordon described and drew the rhinoceros at the Cape of Good Hope around 1780.


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Authors & Contributors
Rookmaaker, L. C.
Castellani, Carlo
Barsanti, Giulio
Skabelund, Aaron
Seeley, Joseph
Svanberg, Ingvar
Concepts
Mammalogy
Zoology
Biological specimens
Exhibits
Fur trade
Vertebrate zoology
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
16th century
15th century
14th century
Places
London (England)
Netherlands
South Africa
France
Korea
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
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