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dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date19th centuryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:23:07Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:23:07Z
dc.date.issued1795-1905en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/192984
dc.descriptionEngraving of the "Passarola" designed by the Brazilian priest Bartholomeu Lourenço de Gusmão. This rendering of Gusmão's craft depicts a flying ship in the shape of a bird, with an aeronaut looking through telescope on the bird's back.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/279en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectTelescopesen_US
dc.subjectAirshipsen_US
dc.subjectBirdsen_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.titleThe Flying Ship p. 297 [Passarola, the great bird]en_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)


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