Aerostation pl.2
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VBI-000133-001_sv.jpg
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1.33 MB
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Date
1700-1799
Description
Engraving showing five images of balloons. Clockwise from top left: Montgolfier's balloon ascension with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Giroud de Villete on October 19 1783, Blanchard's "Vaiseau Volant," the Montgolfier brothers' balloon at Fauxbourg, St. Germain, the Montgolfier balloon launch from Versailles with the first living aeronauts-a sheep, rooster and duck, and Charles' and Roberts' launch of the first gas balloon at the Champ de Mars on August 27, 1783.
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