Willem de Vlamingh’s exploratory expedition for the Dutch East Company sailed up the Swan river on January 10th 1697. Black swans were taken back to Europe. All died on the voyage but the specimens were preserved and this was the first time Europeans had seen entirely black swans. The South American Black-necked swan, *Cygnus melancoryphus*, is obviously not entirely black.
Cheers Chris Gregory
On 16 April 2011 12:34, Andrew Taylor
> Its the interesting question as to who was the first European to encounter > a southern hemisphere swan and discover not all swans are white. Maybe > someone on Juan D€az de Sol€s’s 1516 expedition to the River Plate? > > Andrew > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > ===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au
http://birding-aus.org ===============================
