Baron Münchhausen

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Baron Munchausen, in a blue coat and feathered hat, rides a cannonball through the air, surprising two uniformed artillerymen standing by cannons, with a fortress in the background.

The baron recovering his silver casket, which had bounced up to the Moon, illustration from a 19th-century edition of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe.

Baron Münchhausen: Media

Hanoverian storyteller

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Baron Munchausen, in a blue coat and feathered hat, rides a cannonball through the air, surprising two uniformed artillerymen standing by cannons, with a fortress in the background.

Illustration of Baron Munchausen

The baron surprising artillerymen by arriving mounted on a cannonball, illustration...

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The baron recovering his silver casket, which had bounced up to the Moon, illustration from a 19th-century edition of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe.

The baron recovering his silver casket, which had bounced up to the Moon, illustration...

© Photos.com/Thinkstock

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