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Fanciful Essays, A Flight Upon Flying

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889; Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882; Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
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URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193403
Date
1842
Description
Essay by Martin Farquhar Tupper published in Ainsworth's Magazine about the romance of flight. Contains references to multiple characters from myth, fiction, and historical aeronauts. illustration by Cruikshank.
 
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Subject
History, Flight, Daedalus (Greek mythological character), Mythology, Green, Charles, 1785-1870, Cocking, Robert
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