Francois Laurent (1742-1809), Marquis d'Arlandes, French balloonist. D'Arlandes was one of two (with Jean Francis Pilatre de Rozier) who made the firs

---

Francois Laurent (1742-1809), Marquis d'Arlandes, French balloonist. D'Arlandes was one of two (with Jean Francis Pilatre de Rozier) who made the first manned balloon flight. In a Montgolfier balloon, they took off from the Chateau de la Muette, Paris, France, on 21 November 1783. They landed 9 kilometres away after 25 minutes and reaching a height of around 1000 metres. D'Arlandes was an infantry officer in the French royal guard.

---

Size: 3515px × 4971px
Photo credit: © COLLECTION ABECASIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1800s, 1866, 19th, adult, animal, artwork, beast, black, black--white, british, burden, canada, canadian, carrying, caucasian, century, climbing, columbia, digger, diggers, gold, historical, history, horse, house, human, illustration, jasper, landscape, male, man, men, miner, miners, mining, monochrome, mountain, mountainous, mountains, pack, packhorse, people, person, prospecting, prospector, prospectors, rush, science, white