Jan Potocki (1761-1815) polish traveler, writer, politician, archeologist, etnographer. He took part in many private and official journeys. For the first time, he visited Spain in 1779. His famous work - the novel "The manuscript founded in Zaragoza". This kind of literature has many names, one is "fantastic fairy-tale" - with ghosts, hanged persons, frenzied princess ... another is "costume comedy".
As the first Pole, he took part in the ballon flight - may 14, 1790 in Warsaw.
On the basis of this novel there is a movie (1964) - with the same title. Martin Scorcese found it as of the most important Polish movie.
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