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French aviator, Adrienne Bolland was the first woman to cross the Andes Cordillera by plane in incredible conditions. Committed and humanist, she notably took a stand for womens right to vote and became involved in the Resistance during the Second World War. The first woman to cross the Channel by
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian Renaissance artist and humanist, who was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, but also a genius inventor. His most famous work is La Joconde, a painting exhibited at the Louvre Museum. In addition to the paintings where this great artist wanted to
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