11 Facts About Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo had been captured by pirates and after a long voyage she had jumped overboard in the Bristol Channel and swum ashore.

Princess Caraboo used a bow and arrow, fenced, swam naked and prayed to a god, whom she named Allah-Talla.

Princess Caraboo acquired exotic clothing and her portrait was painted and reproduced in local newspapers.

Princess Caraboo's authenticity was attested to by a Dr Wilkinson, who identified her language using Edmund Fry's Pantographia and stated that marks on the back of her head were the work of oriental surgeons.

Newspapers published stories about Princess Caraboo's adventures bringing her national acclaim.

Princess Caraboo had been a servant girl around England but had found no place to stay.

Princess Caraboo invented her fictitious language from imaginary and Romani words and created an exotic character and story.

Princess Caraboo appears to have returned to Philadelphia until she left America in 1824, returning to England.

Princess Caraboo died from a fall on 24 December 1864 and was buried in the Hebron Road cemetery in Bristol.

Princess Caraboo's daughter carried on with her business, living alone in Bedminster in a house full of cats until her death in a fire in February 1900.

Princess Caraboo was a 2016 French language bande dessinee by Antoine Ozanam and Julia Bax.