The Pope's RhinocerosSinclair-Stevenson, 1996 - 607 pages In February 1516, a Portuguese ship sank with the loss of all hands a mile off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora da Adjuda had sailed 14,000 miles from the Indian kingdom of Gujarat: her mission; to deliver a rhinoceros to the Pope. |
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... Ayamonte ? ' Vich questioned the soldier , whose expression did not change . ' You have heard of it , Excellency . I supposed it unimportant . Ayamonte . ' He rolled the syllables around his mouth . Vich watched impatiently . ' I ...
... Ayamonte ? ' Vich questioned the soldier , whose expression did not change . ' You have heard of it , Excellency . I supposed it unimportant . Ayamonte . ' He rolled the syllables around his mouth . Vich watched impatiently . ' I ...
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... Ayamonte ; that and the plague spreading up from the Marismos . The agreement is all but complete . Dom João will approve it , the Portingales believe . Our King Fernando still keeps his counsel . ' ' He is unfathomable , ' said Vich ...
... Ayamonte ; that and the plague spreading up from the Marismos . The agreement is all but complete . Dom João will approve it , the Portingales believe . Our King Fernando still keeps his counsel . ' ' He is unfathomable , ' said Vich ...
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... Ayamonte .... What it was now as it moved towards what it would become . Peres had speculated on unicorns , but the beast was gross , its little eyes receding into the smooth cylinder of its head , as if some delicate creature had been ...
... Ayamonte .... What it was now as it moved towards what it would become . Peres had speculated on unicorns , but the beast was gross , its little eyes receding into the smooth cylinder of its head , as if some delicate creature had been ...
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