Background on the elephant in Japan that was sent from Manila in 1597 is in my Inquirer column today,
http://opinion.inquirer.net/79180/hideyoshis-elephant-1597
Hideyoshi���s elephant, 1597opinion.inquirer.net
A few years ago I wrote about Chulalongkorn���s elephants, bronze ones, gifted by the King of Siam to Java and Singapore as souvenirs of his visits in 1871.
Published on October 09, 2014 15:22