The flying vessel Volgh My
Painter: Hendrik de Leth
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Medium: pen
Description: The so-called Flying Vessel, a vessel called Volgh My, which should reach great speeds without sails, an invention of Zaandam grocer Daam Schijf. On June 20, 1743, the vessel, with a wheel driven by five horses hidden in the hold, was launched in the Zaan where it sank.
