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The baron surprising artillerymen by arriving mounted on a cannonball, 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 from a 19th-century edition of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe.
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Baron Münchhausen: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 18, 2024
Modified link of Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Baron von Munchhausen. Mar 22, 2019
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Baron von Munchhausen. May 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Heritage History - "Adventures of Baron Munchausen". May 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Munchausen-Library - Biography of Baron von Munchhausen. May 10, 2013
Media added. Sep 13, 2011
Article revised and updated. May 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794) & Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Baron (Freiherr) von Munchhausen (1720-1797). Aug 31, 2006
Article revised. Nov 22, 2000
Article revised. May 20, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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