Durand, José

2 publications

Durand, José (detail)
1950b	Manatí, mato, manato. Nueva Revista de Filología Española (México) 4: 274-276. —

Durand, José (detail)

1950a

Ocaso de sirenas; manatíes en el siglo XVI.
México, Tezontle: 1-129. Illus.
—Ed. 2: Ocaso de sirenas: esplendor de manatíes, México, Edit. Fondo de Cultura Económica, May 1983: 1-239, illus. Comparison and discussion of the early accounts of manatees. The expanded 1983 ed. is notable for its annotated reproductions of illustrations of manatees by Oviedo, Hernández, Clusius, Rochefort, du Tertre, Exquemelin, Guzmán, Labat, Gumilla, Buffon, Caulín, Pennant, Home, Cuvier, Stannius, and Wislocki; of dugongs by Leguat, Renard, Camper, Home, and Cuvier; of Hydrodamalis by Plenisner and Brandt; and of hippos and "mermaids" by Tachard, Leguat, Valentyn, and Renard.