Adam Wybe

Adam Wybe, also known as Adams Wiebe (born around 1590 in Harlingen, Friesland, died in 1653 in Gdańsk), was an engineer and inventor of Dutch origin, active mainly in Gdansk. His work includes the world's first cable car on multiple supports in 1644.^[1]

Biography

Etching of Adam Wybe's cable car in Danzig. (by Willem Hondius

Outside of the village of origin - Harlingen in Friesland - no details are known of his youth, there is also no record on his parents nor the date of birth.

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