Eduard Spelterini - photographs of a pioneer balloonist
- ISBN-10
- 3858811882
- ISBN-13
- 9783858811882
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 147
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scheidegger Und Spiess Ag Verlag
- Authors
- Alex Capus, Hilar Stadler, Museum im Bellpark
Description
The Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) was perhaps Europe's greatest pioneer in the late 19th century of this earliest means of air travel. At the height of his fame he was known all over Europe as the King of the Air and Defeater of Gravity
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