Master Pongo - A Gorilla Conquers Europe

Relates the story of a juvenile gorilla named Pongo, brought to Europe in 1876 and housed at the Unter den Linden Aquarium in Berlin. Examines human-animal interactions and science at a time when the theory of evolution was first gaining ground.

About the author

Mustafa Haikal is a historian and author of numerous nonfiction books in German.Thomas Dunlap has translated more than fifteen works from German into English.

Summary

Relates the story of a juvenile gorilla named Pongo, brought to Europe in 1876 and housed at the Unter den Linden Aquarium in Berlin. Examines human-animal interactions and science at a time when the theory of evolution was first gaining ground.

Product details

• Authors: Mustafa Haikal
• Assisted by: Thomas Dunlap (Translation), Dunlap Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2020
• EAN: 9780271082165
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08216-5
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Animalibus
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, NATURE / Animals / Primates, True stories: general, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, Wildlife: mammals, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)