[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 ...] / Dietrich.
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 at left). His balloon had ascended from Parc Monceau in Paris, October 22, 1797. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Title from variant print in Landauer Collection (LC-USZ62-65648).
Tissandier collection.
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Date
01/01/1860
Location
Montparnasse (Paris, France), 48.84306, 2.32139
Source
Library of Congress
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