The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra small none Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print small none Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print small black Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print small white Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print small gold Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print small natural Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print medium black Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print medium white Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print medium gold Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print medium natural Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print large black Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print large white Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print large gold Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print large natural Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra large black Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra large white Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra large gold Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra large natural Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. stretched canvas extra large none Art Print - Science Museum Shop

The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785.

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The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra small none Art Print - Science Museum Shop
The first balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785. art print extra small black Art Print - Science Museum Shop
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Oil painting made c 1840 by E W Cocks, showing Blanchard's balloon arriving at Calais Harbour, France. Below are fishing boats, an anachronistic paddlesteamer, and a French tricolour flag with stripes incorrectly ordered. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was one of the foremost balloonists of his time. Together with the American physician Dr John Jeffries (1744-1819), he made the first aerial crossing of the Channel in a hydrogen balloon on 7 January 1785. The balloon they used was 27 feet (8.2 m) in diameter with a gondola suspended beneath it in which to carry the aeronauts. Taking off from Dover in Kent shortly after midday, they landed in the Foret de Guines, not far from Calais, approximately four and a half hours later.
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