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… seen as objects of fascination and wonder and whose aim was to entertain visitors and guests as well as to satisfy the curiosity for the animal world. In such places of sociability, exotic animals became commodities to be entertained by and … Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Social interaction Keywords Advertisement Animals Aristocracy Australia Curiosity Exhibitions Exoticism Fragrance Menageries Travel Royal Menageries: The Queen’s Zebra Seen as an establishment of luxury and curiosity a menagerie was, in eighteenth-century England, a collection of captive exotic animals kept by aristocratic and …
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