2023 Paratroopers - Jacques Garnerin Jeanne Labrosse - Miniature Sheet

“Here on October 22, 1797 the Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin made from a free balloon the first parachute descent in history.” This sober inscription on a commemorative plaque hides an exploit that took place in Paris, at the location of the current Parc Monceau. That day, at an altitude of about 700 m, Garnerin jumped with a parachute of his manufacture and landed without damage. Among the admiring crowd, Jeanne Labrosse is unaware that her destiny is being played out...