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| Picture No | 10220357 |
| Date | 31 January 1885 |
| Description | Colonel Frederick Burnaby in his hot air balloon |
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Colonel Frederick Burnaby (1842 - 1885), English soldier and explorer, in his hot-air balloon just prior to his 1882 crossing of the English Channel. In so doing he became the first balloonist to cross the Channel alone.
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| Source | The Graphic. 31 January 1885, page 109 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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