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3 unusual facts about Escurial


Booroola Merino

The Egelabra and Mumblebone strains of the Merino can be traced to Gamboola; these were derived from Samuel Marsden's flock, and like Macarther's flock, Marsden's flock was based on South African Escurial, Cape and Bengal Sheep.

Ethnoscience

Malinowski said “… with his tables of kinship terms, genealogies, maps, plans and diagrams, proves an extensive and big organization, shows the contribution of the tribe, of the clan, of the family, and he gives a picture of the natives subjected to a strict code of behavior and good manners, to which in comparison the life at the Court of Versailles or Escurial was free and easy” (1922: 10).

John Scarlett Davis

In 1831 he had a commission from Lord Farnborough to paint an interior of the Vatican and of the Escurial.


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