megliorini's

Updated: August 2, 2026

In Major Megliorini's rooms at Santa Cruz the commander was shown, together with a number of weapons, shells, animals, fish, &c., a complete mummy of a Guanche, said to be that of a woman. The corpse was sewn up in skins, and seemed to be that of a woman five feet four high, with regular features and large hands.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century