Hunting the Feejee Mermaid - Peter McCandless, History and.
The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History by Jan Bondeson ISBN 13: 9780801436093 ISBN 10: 0801436095 Hardcover; Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1999-05; ISBN-13: 978-0801436093.
A ventriloquist and an orangutan were among the other curiosities. Shortly after the mermaid’s arrival, the city’s rival newspapers, the Mercury and the Courier, lined up on opposite sides of a heated and complex debate about the exhibit’s authenticity, the authority of expertise, and the relationship between commercial entertainment and scientific knowledge.
The Fiji (also spelled Feejee and Fejee) mermaid was a putative evolutionary link popularized by circus great P.T. Barnum and others in the 1800s (Saxon, 1995, 97). It is a good example of how non-scientists have reinforced Darwinism in the public’s mind by a forgery.
The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History by Bondeson, Jan. Cornell University Press. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.
PostHeaderIcon Mermaid myths, legends, and folklore PostHeaderIcon What is a mermaid? Mermaid mythology and legends Mermaids are marine beings commonly depicted as having human-like upper bodies and piscine lower bodies. Their existence has been reported for centuries by sea-faring folk, but has been dismissed as either mere superstition or the confusion of a drunken sailor.
One Shinto headquarters in Fujinomiya holds a mermaid mummy reputed to be 1,400 years old. In 1842, a Japanese mermaid was exhibited in America by the master showman P.T. Barnum under the name of the Feejee mermaid. The publicity generated by Barnum led to similar mermaids becoming popular side-show attractions in the second half of the 19th.
The Feejee Mermaid A drawing of Mr. Graberg's frog and a cross-section of the quarry in which it was found. From the Ktingliga Vetewkapd-Akademind Handlingar of 1733. tor's paper was to be put in the archives, where it is still kept today. Only the brief section containing Mr. Grhberg's account of the discovery of the frog.