Five Weeks in a Balloon de Jules Verne

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Jules Verne

R. Fresneda

A scholar and explorer, Dr. Samuel Fergusson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend professional hunter Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent - still not fully explored - with the help of a balloon filled with hydrogen. He has invented a mechanism that, by eliminating the need to release gas or throw ballast overboard to control his altitude, allows very long trips to be taken. This voyage is meant to link together the voyages of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in East Africa with those of Heinrich Barth in the regions of the Sahara and Chad. The trip begins in Zanzibar on the east coast, and passes across Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, Agadez, Timbuktu, Djenne and Segou to St Louis in modern day Senegal on the west coast. The book describes the unknown interior of Africa near modern day Central African Republic as a desert, when it is actually savanna."

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Express

Paperback (22)

51^.03 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

51^.03 lei 3-5 săpt.

Mint Editions – noi 2020

73^.05 lei 3-5 săpt.

+15^.86 lei 4-10 zile

–

86^.74 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

86^.90 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

87^.01 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

87^.36 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

98^.15 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

100^.42 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

114^.07 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

120^.57 lei 3-5 săpt.

Alpha Editions – 16 ian 2019

150^.47 lei 3-5 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 4 ian 2018

309^.36 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

86^.41 lei 6-8 săpt.

Waking Lion Press – 7 feb 2022

101^.64 lei 6-8 săpt.

Bottom of the Hill Publishing – 31 mar 2013

103^.47 lei 6-8 săpt.

LIGHTNING SOURCE INC – 29 oct 2007

105^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.

COSIMO CLASSICS – 31 ian 2006

106^.20 lei 6-8 săpt.

Bibliotech Press – 23 oct 2020

112^.13 lei 6-8 săpt.

1st World Library –

124^.19 lei 6-8 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform – 12 dec 2015

145^.44 lei 6-8 săpt.

TREDITION CLASSICS – 31 oct 2012

250^.24 lei 6-8 săpt.

Echo Library – 31 mar 2006

282^.28 lei 38-44 zile

Hardback (4)

122^.59 lei 3-5 săpt.

Mint Editions – 29 noi 2020

122^.59 lei 3-5 săpt.

Outlook Verlag – 4 ian 2018

440^.80 lei 3-5 săpt.

1st World Library –

220^.27 lei 6-8 săpt.

TREDITION CLASSICS – 30 noi 2012

326^.27 lei 6-8 săpt.

Notă biografică

Jules Verne (February 8, 1828- March 24, 1905) was a French writer. He was one of the first authors to write science fiction. He was born in the city of Nantes, France. His father was a lawyer, and at the beginning, Verne wanted to study law as well. When he was nineteen, he started writing long pieces of literature, but his father wanted him to earn money as a lawyer, not as a writer. In 1847, his father sent him to Paris to start studying law. In 1848, Jules Verne, on a visit home, fell in love, but the girl's parents did not want her to marry him. Verne was depressed when he heard that the girl had been married to someone else - a rich, older man. In his stories, Jules Verne often writes about women married to people they do not love. He returned to Paris to find it on the verge of revolution: the French Revolution of 1848 deposed the king, and Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was elected as the first president of the Republic of France. Verne continued to study law until 1851, but all the time he was writing and meeting with other authors and artists. Finally, in 1852, he decided to give up being a lawyer, and become a full-time professional writer instead. His father was very unhappy with this decision, but Verne was stubborn and strong-minded, so he went ahead with his plans. Verne went to Paris to try to find success. At first, he did not find any fame. Over time, he became a fan of science, while becoming well-known for his writing. His love of science and writing led him to write stories and novels that are now called "science fiction". Many people say Jules Verne was the creator of the science fiction genre.