Eugene von Ransonnet-Villez: built a submarine to draw the ocean floor
![Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez (1838 - 1926) was an Austrian a diplomat, painter, lithographer, biologist and explorer who built a personal submersible and drew what he saw beneath the waves. the sea.](https://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ransonnet-underwater.jpg)
Eugene von Ransonnet-Villez (1838 – 1926) was an Austrian a diplomat, painter, lithographer, biologist and explorer who built a personal submersible and drew what he saw beneath the waves. the sea.
This above image Ransonnet drew sitting in a diving bell in 1864-65 in Ceylon (today Sri Lanka).
![Ransonnet-Villez, Eugen von, 1838-1926](https://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ransonnet-Villez-Eugen-von-1838-1926-a-e1606846074808.jpg)
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Posted: 1st, December 2020 | In: Technology 0 Comments | TrackBack | Permalink