File:Conical Parachute, 1470s, British Museum Add. MSS 34,113, fol. 200v.jpg

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Mariano di Jacopo detto il Taccola
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Deutsch: Älteste bekannte Darstellung eines Fallschirms. Die Zeichnung (British Library Additional Manuskript 34,113, Folio 200v.) stammt aus den 1470er Jahren aus Italien und somit leicht älter als Leonardo da Vincis Fallschirmentwürfe. Der Zeichner ist unbekannt.
English: First known depiction of a parachute. The drawing (British Library Additional Manuscript 34,113, folio 200v.) comes from Italy and is dated at the 1470s, thus slightly preceding Leonardo da Vinci's parachute designs. Author unknown.
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Deutsch: 1470er
English: 1470s
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Source/Photographer White, Lynn: "The Invention of the Parachute", Technology and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 3, (Jul., 1968), pp. 462-467 (463)

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