http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=298 Treasures within the Academy Library Fri, 17 May 2013 22:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-86 Becky Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:18:36 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=298#comment-86 Fantastic! Thank you for your comment and your insight. Be sure to visit the Library here at the academy next time you’re up this way!

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-42 Adrienne Mayor Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:21:14 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/library/?p=298#comment-42 For ancient Greek versions of “jenny hanivers” see Mayor, First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (2009)
On p 325, I proposed a new explanation for the name Jenny Haniver:
While “Haniver” comed from Antwerp (Anvers), as suggested, “Jenny” was old sailor’s slang for Genoa, the other city famed for producing fake mermaids: thus “Jenny Haniver”

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