Leonardo spent his early years as an Apprentice to Verrocchio in Florence. During these years, he often worked creating pageants which is believed to be the inspiration for his helicopter design. True to his interdisciplinary nature, Leonardo also spent his years as an apprentice learning about a wide variety of other topics including painting, botany, and engineering.

Brasenose College is a constituent college at University of Oxford. It was founded in 1509 and is home to one of the world’s oldest rowing clubs.

Scotland Yard refers to the police headquarters in London, responsible for all the boroughs of London (but excluding the City of London).

Ramsgate is a seaside town located in Kent.

Great Coram Street is a street in London near Russell Square and Coram’s field.

Leonardo’s Codex on the Flight of Birds was collected in its entirety in the 19^th century after being traded around Europe. The Codex was given to the Royal Library of Torino at the end of the 19^th century to King Umberto I by the Russian scholar, Theodore Sabachnikoff. The Royal Library was founded in 1831 by King Carlo Alberto of Savoia-Carignano. In addition to his personal collections, Alberto relied on scholars to collect and gather important historical documents related to Italy and the House of Savoy.