Don Diego
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Palazzo Venezia in Italy

Biography

☨ ♂ Don Diego
Hannibal crossing the Alps on elephants by Nicolas Poussin

Alternative name:	Poussin's Elephant

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* ~1619 unknown
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Capture:	1621? Asia
Imported:	1622? by Unknown
Freight:	Arriving Portugal with ship
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Palazzo Venezia, in Italy

Date of arrival

1630-05-00	Palazzo Venezia from St. James Park menagerie

1623-07-00	St. James Park menagerie from King James I of England

1623-07-00	King James I of England from Aranjuez royal menageri

1623-00-00	Aranjuez royal menageri from Port of Lisbon

	Port of Lisbon from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2020-10-06

Latest document update	2021-09-15 13:58:16
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† Don Diego is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Palazzo Venezia, in Italy, .

Origin

Don Diego was born unknown ~1619 at Asia unspecified location, captured 1621? , captured at Asia. and imported 1622? by Unknown, Arriving Portugal with ship

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Don Diego, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Palazzo Venezia in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6712. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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