Bartolomeu de Gusmão
Portuguese priest and naturalist from Colonial Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (December 1685 – 18 November 1724) was a Portuguese priest and naturalist from Colonial Brazil who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air airship design. He is also one of the main characters in Nobel Prize-winning José Saramago's Baltasar and Blimunda.
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Bartolomeu de Gusmão | |
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Born | December 1685 |
Died | 18 November 1724(1724-11-18) (aged 38) Toledo, Spain |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Known for | Airship design |
Notable work | Passarola |
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