The Great Nassau Balloon

Pewtress, T.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193069
Date
1832-1842
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Engraving depicting the striped Royal Nassau Balloon with Mr. Cocking's parachute attached as it appeared before Cocking's fatal descent on July 24, 1837.
 
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Subject
Ballooning, Parachutes, Balloon ascensions, Balloonists, Cocking, Robert, Green, Charles, 1785-1870
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