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Image Title: Allarme generale des habitants de Gonesse occasionee par la chute du ballon areostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier, 1783

Description: Allarme generale des habitants de Gonesse occasionee par la chute du ballon areostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier, 1783. Vue d'optique shows the unmanned gas balloon, "The Globe," which frightened the villagers in Gonesse, France after landing there on August 27, 1783. NOTE: The original print contains age stains and speckling which will appear on the reprint.

Date: 1783

Original Media: Print

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