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Petition to King John V
- When
- 1709
- Where
- Portugal
Gusmão petitioned King John V in 1709 for support of his airship invention, expressing high confidence in its capabilities.
In 1709, Bartolomeu de Gusmão presented a petition to King John V of Portugal seeking royal favour for his invention of an airship. He expressed the greatest confidence in the device, which he later described in a manifesto about navigating through air.
Sources
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-06
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