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The Portuguese allegedly retained control of Macau at the start of the eighteenth century in part due to appeasing the Kangxi Emperor with the gift of an African lion. What was the general procedure for moving exotic animals to foreign courts?

by /u/EnclavedMicrostate in /r/AskHistorians

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