King Manuel I, King of Portugal from 1495-1521. Recipient of the gift of Ganda from Alfonso de Albuquerque. After the Rhinoceros arrived in Lisbon, the king staged a fight with the Rhinoceros and one of the elephants from his menagerie to test the accounts of Pliny the Elder that rhinoceri and elephants are mortal enemies. Later attempted to regift Ganda to the Pope, only for the ship carrying the animal to be lost in a storm en route to Rome.
Emmanuel I, King of Portugal
Pedro Perret
engraving, 1603
Image Attribution:
Pedro Perret, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Source: Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
Emmanuel I, King of Portugal
Pedro Perret
engraving, 1603
Image Attribution:
Pedro Perret, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Source: Biblioteca Digital Hispánica