The manners and customs of all nations; also, remarkable biographies, notable histories, eccentric sects, singular inventions, natural curiosities, mystical sciences, extraordinary buildings, wonderful animals,- &c., being a compendium of universal information .. (1827)
Platts, John, 1775-1837 · London, H. Fisher, Son, and Co · leaf 790
altic in 1531, and sent as a present to Sigismund king of Poland, with whom it lived three days, and was seen by all the court. Another very young one was taken near Rocca de Sinbra, as related by Damian Goes. In Pontopidan’s Natural History of Norway, also, we have an account of mermaids, but not… … The history of this strange creature is briefly as follows. It was caught on the north of China by a fisherman, who sold it for a trifle. From China it was brought to Batavia, where it was purchased by a captain Fades of Boston, in America, for five thousand Spanish dollars. From Batavia it was…
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