Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ... / Simon Petit, peintre, del. sculp.
Summary
Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown deflated at left). His balloon had ascended from Parc Monceau in Paris, October 22, 1797. Also includes portrait of Garnerin.
Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.
This record contains unverified, old data from from A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.
Dollfus 51; Eckert 64; Grand-Carteret; Miller 224
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Date
1850 - 1950
Source
Library of Congress
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