18 Facts About Paolo Andreani

Paolo Andreani was an Italian who made the first balloon flight over Italian soil.

Paolo Andreani made an exploration around the Great Lakes in North America.

Paolo Andreani's father was Giovanni Pietro Paolo Andreani and his mother, Clementine Sormani.

Paolo Andreani set out to repeat the feat in Italy at the Villa Sormani in Moncucco, a village which is located in the municipality of Brugherio.

In 1792, Paolo Andreani was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.

The first unmanned balloon flight seen by Paolo Andreani took place in 1784 when a hot air balloon built by the Gerli brothers rose a few metres into the air.

Thanks to its diameter of 23 metres, Paolo Andreani made the first balloon flight when he was only 20.

Paolo Andreani appears on one side of the medal, and on the other is his balloon.

Paolo Andreani was now a recognized aeronaut but he became known as a traveller and explorer.

Paolo Andreani met the geologist Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond in Paris and rejoined him in England, where Faujas was determined to visit the Scottish island of Staffa to observe the rock structure there.

Paolo Andreani wrote an account of his later journey from Milan to Paris in 1784.

Paolo Andreani went with letters of introduction to George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson.

Paolo Andreani documented his contacts with the Oneida and Onondaga peoples in particular.

Paolo Andreani carried a letter of introduction to the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, but he was particularly assisted by Samuel Kirkland, a local missionary, as Andreani had a letter of introduction to Kirkland from General Philip Schuyler.

Paolo Andreani wrote about meeting German, Dutch, Shakers, Iroquois, and Anglo New Yorkers.

Paolo Andreani returned to Europe between 1810 and 1812 via the Caribbean with the intention of returning to Lombardy.

Paolo Andreani had hoped to find a cure for the paralysis of his legs, but his plans were thwarted by his debtors and he was suspected by the Austrians of having sympathy for the ideals of the Enlightenment and the United States.

Paolo Andreani died on May 11,1823, now totally disabled and in dire circumstances, as an expatriate in Nice.