File:Spelterini Cairo 1.jpg

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English: View of Cairo, Egypt looking towards the Moccatam mountains. Photographed from a balloon from about 800 metres above ground. In the background, middle, is the citadel; in the background right one can see the "city of the dead".
Deutsch: Ansicht von Kairo, Ägypten, mit Blick auf das Moccatam-Gebirge. Im Hintergrund mittig die Zitadelle, sowie rechts die "Totenstadt". Fotografiert aus einem Ballon aus ca. 800m Höhe.
Date Created: January 30, 1904. First published: 1928 at the above source.
Source Scanned from Spelterini, E.: Über den Wolken/Par dessus les nuages, Brunner & Co, Zürich 1928, p. 83.
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Eduard Spelterini  (1852–1931)  wikidata:Q325349
 
Eduard Spelterini
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Eduard Spelterini, Edouard Spelterini, Birth name: Eduard Schweizer
Description Swiss balloonist and photographer
Date of birth/death 2 June 1852 Edit this at Wikidata 16 June 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bazenheid Edit this at Wikidata Zipf near Vöcklabruck, Austria
Work period from 1893 until 1923
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1923-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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