fiji mermaid barnum

My personal favorite in that genre is the Fiji mermaid shown by P. T. Barnum in the 1840s (see the Wikipedia article and http://www.roadsideamerica.com/meraves.html) although IT is pretty close too. February 16, 2012 8:02...


The famous Fiji Mermaid from P. T. Barnum's show.


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Fiji Mermaid, in the Folklore


Fiji Mermaid


Barnum insisted the mermaid


05 - The Fiji Mermaid

The great P.T. Barnum exhibited the most famous feejee mermaid, supposedly caught off the Fiji Islands in 1842 by “http://curiousexpeditions.org.nyud.net/;naturalist”http://curiousexpeditions.org.nyud.net/; Dr. J. Griffin. Barnum...
From the Voyage Vaults, Object No. 9 | Curious Expeditions

Unfortunately, the FeeJee mermaid exhibited by Barnum was lost in a fire in the 1860s, so we are no longer able to study it, however many similar specimens of the era still exist today. In Japan, there are quite a few alleged...
fiji mermaid barnum