Caption

First balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785 by the French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guines, 2 hours 30 minutes. Chromolithograph, ca. 1883 Aviation Ballooning

Date

Jun 26, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK24F81_403

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,6in x 17,0in / 3470 x 5088 (300dpi)

Keywords

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