Charles B
Author
Language
English
Description
The two sieges of Zaragoza in 1808 and 1809 during the Peninsular War were proverbially bitter, as the patriotic fervour encountered invading the French was unknown during their campaigns in other parts of Europe. This was to be the "guerra al cuchillo", the war of the Spanish Guerilla, impassioned to save their king and homeland, and the determined professional and undefeated French armies. In this short and valuable book, the story of the first...
Author
Publisher
American School of Correspondence
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Of the first attempts of men to emulate the flight of birds, we have no knowledge, but one of the earliest, perhaps, is embodied in the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Xerxes, it is said, possessed a throne which was drawn through the air by eagles. The Chinese have sometimes been given credit for the invention of the balloon, as they have for many other scientific discoveries. It is related that a balloon was sent up at Pekin in celebration of the ascension...