Parana, Baron De, fl1899
Person
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Handwritten translation of 'A cross between a male zebra and a mare in Brazil' by Baron de Parana, October 1897
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/3/13
Scope and Contents
The original article was published in the Bulletin de la Societé nationale d'Acclimatation de France, XLIV, October 1897 (pp 433-436).
Dates:
October 1897
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Baron de Parana (in French), with modern English translation (2 copies), [c. 1899]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/40
Scope and Contents
Baron de Parana thanks Ewart for sending a copy of his book on telegony. He then lists the six zebra hybrids in his possession, detailing their physical characteristics, and in particular their height and the dappling on their coats. He discusses telegony and 'infection', which he does not believe in. He cites many human examples to disprove the theory of telegony.
Letter is undated. It is not known who made the translation.
Dates:
[c. 1899]
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