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The grand air balloon
The grand air balloon. Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Sheldon ascending in a balloon on the 16 October, 1784, The grand air balloon as it ascended with Messrs. Blanchard & John Sheldon, from the Royal Military Academy, Little Chelsea, 16 Oct. 1784. Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard (1753-1809), a French balloonist, inventor of the parachute, was killed at La Haye using one. He was the first man, with John Jeffries, an American, to cross the English Channel by balloon, from Dover to Calais in 1785. Image taken from A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc, of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine volumes. Originally published/produced in 1780?-1810?.
Location
British Library/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
AR9103311
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3690px × 5883px
Photo Credit
© British Library Board / Robana / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
AERONAUT
AIR TRANSPORT
air vehicle
Aviator
Balloon
balloonist
balloons
BLANCHARD
document
FAMOUS PEOPLE
FLYER
French
Hot Air Balloon
Inventor
jean pierre francois blanchard
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
john sheldon
LITTLE
Newspaper
People
PERSONALITIES
petite
Pilot
scientific occupations
Scientist
style and period
TINY
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation, Air
VEHICLE