Cassowary, Ostrich, Rhea: Questions and Suggestions Related to the ema in Portuguese and Chinese Texts of the 16th and 17th Centuries
China imported various kinds of exotic birds from Southeast Asia. Among the names for such birds one finds the combinations huoji and ema / nima. Most scholars think they stand for cassowaries. The name ema (plus similar forms) also appears in early Portuguese texts where it sometimes refers to the...
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