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Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, France

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Caption:

Third balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, with Mr Boby, from the old barracks at Rouen. They later descended on the Plaine de Puissanval.

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Image date:

18 July 1784

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Royal Aeronautical Society Images in the Mary Evans Picture Library

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CID:

1117096