Early Parachute Engraving Vector Art

by Eric Fritz

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Victoria October 13, 2009 at 12:01 pm: can’t find any terms of use. Very frustrating…
VintageVectors October 13, 2009 at 1:22 pm: Hi Victoria, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have now posted Terms of Use.
dario October 22, 2009 at 8:14 am: i love hand drawed vectors, specialy like this.. this one reminde me Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings
Daniela November 24, 2009 at 2:22 am: fell in love with this one the moment i saw it
Denis October 14, 2010 at 9:33 am: Image represents Fausto Veranzio’s parachute, sketch dubbed Homo Volans (“The Flying Man”). It’s one of illustrations in “Machinae Novae”. Veranzio’s masterwork, Machinae Novae (Venice 1595), contained 49 large pictures depicting 56 different machines, devices, and technical concepts.

Veranzio designed a parachute of his own, having examined Leonardo da Vinci’s rough sketches of a parachute.
VintageVectors October 14, 2010 at 9:53 am: Awesome Denis! Thanks for the history behind this illustration.

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