Captain Costentenus

Captain Costentenus, or "The Greek Albanian," was a circus performer in the 1880s. A man who was tattooed over his entire body, he was a famous traveling attraction who claimed to have been kidnapped by Chinese Tartars and tattooed against his will.

References

* Carlyn Beccia, "Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo?" (Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 0618717188)
* Leonard Cassuto, "The Inhuman Race: The Racial Grotesque in American Literature and Culture", p183. (Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN 0231103360)
* Michigan State University: Attitudes About Tattooing, [http://www.msu.edu/~krcmari1/individual/att_1800.html Attitudes in the 1800s.]
* [http://www.southstseaport.org/world.port/gusExhibit.shtm South Street Seaport Museum] .