1. Notes on The State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
... The first covers the recently discovered woolly mammoths in North America and the second is a written debate aimed at Count de Buffon who claimed that animals in Europe were generally larger than those found in America. When covering the topic of the discovery of the mammoth, Jefferson states that they ... America. In and around the Ohio river, an extensive number if extremely large tusks, grinders (molars) and skeletons were found. Accounts published in Europe supposed these discoveries to be similar to bones that were found in Siberia. Jefferson argued that "on the whole, there seem to...
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