Caras y Caretas magazine in its issue 1224 of March 17, 1922 published two articles about the "Plesiosaur". One was written by Clemente Onelli ("Lo del Animal Misterioso" - "About the Mysterious Animal"), he was the Director of the Buenos Aires Zoo (see article here), and it included the famous letter written to him by Martin Sheffield, telling him about the plesiosaur he saw at a lake beside his hunting cabin.
The second article was titled "En Busca del Plesiosaurio" - "In Search of the Plesiosaur" (see the page here), can be seen in the image shown below, that included a cartoon of the expedition with the long-necked animal in the distance, captioned "how the author of Sarrasqueta sees the expedition that Mr. Onelli is organizing". There is a photograph of Dr. Vaccari, and the text says that Doctor Augusto Vaccari representing Caras y Caretas will go on this "risky and worthy exploring commission that will go to Patagonia in search of the plesiosaur, the famous animal of prehistoric origin whose fantastic appearance in a southern lake has stirred intense emotions in all social and scientific circles around the world. Whatever outcome the expeditionaries reach it is undoubtable that the risk of hunting it or not hunting it will duplicate the pictouresque value of the great adventure."
Our next posts will look into this extravagant expedition chasing a non-existent plesiosaur
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