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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (1685, Santos, São Paulo, colony of Brazil - November 18, 1724, Toledo, Spain), was a priest and naturalist born in the then Portuguese colony of Brazil, noted for his early work on lighter-than-air airship design. 
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The first documented balloon flight in Europe was by the Portuguese priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão. On August 8, 1709, in Lisbon, Bartolomeu de Gusmão managed to lift a small balloon made of paper full of hot air about four meters in front of king John V and the Portuguese court.
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