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Hot air balloons - History - Sources

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    An account of five aerial voyages in Scotland , in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi, Esq. Secretary to the late Neapolitan Ambassador, First Aerial Traveller in England, an Honorary Member of the Hon. Artillery Company of the City of London, Royal Archer of Scotland, Citizen of Edinburgh, Cupar, St. Andrew's, Hawick, &c. &c.

    Vincenzo Lunardi | Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]

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