First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, and American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guine

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First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, and American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guines, 2 hours 30 minutes. Chromolithograph c1883.

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Size: 3470px × 5088px
Photo credit: © Universal History Archive/UIG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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