Historical Zoos

Menagerie of the Habsburgs: oldest existing zoo (1752)

literary sources indicate the presence of amenities such as a zoo (AB ev)

Stazione zoologica Anton Dohrn (1872) - the oldest aquarium of Italy
See it.wikipedia.org

Menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV

Royal Menagerie from the 13th century until 1835

from 1875 - 1913 SBG was the main zoo of the Straits Settlements

Peacock Island had a menagerie modelled after Versailles after whose peacocks the island was named.

House of Beasts of Retiro Park
See www.atlasobscura.com

Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes

Tenochtitlan: two zoos in the palace of Moctezuma

Lorenzo De' Medici had a zoo at his Villa in Poggio a Caiano, "composed of lions, dromedary, cheetah, giraffe and an Arab"
See www.academia.edu

Františkovy Lázně: "Following the American trend, a zoo was also established in [Loimann's Park], and so the forest park began to be known as America." (Nomination File, p. 64, 101, 134)

Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut established a zoo in Thebes around 1490 BC