Jumbo's Journey to the Docks, The Illustrated London News, 1 April 1882 Casanova transported the animals that he had bought from Sudan north to Suez, and then across the Mediterranean Sea to Trieste. The calf was sold to Lorenzo Casanova, an Italian animal dealer and explorer. Jumbo was born around Decemin Sudan, and after his mother was killed by hunters, the infant Jumbo was captured by Sudanese elephant hunter Taher Sheriff and German big-game hunter Johann Schmidt. Examples of his lexical impact are phrases like " jumbo jet", "jumbo shrimp," "jumbo marshmallows," and " jumbotron." Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to have been 3.23 metres (10 ft 7 in) at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about 4 m (13 ft 1 in) by Barnum. The giant elephant's name spawned the common word " jumbo", meaning large in size. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Jumbo (about Decem– September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) as promoted by Barnum
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