Five weeks in a balloon
by Jules Verne
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"Five Weeks in a Balloon was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever-capable Dr. Fergusson, as the prototype of the Vernian cerebral adventurer. The story gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers travelling all over the continent in search of its secrets. Finding the source of the Nile, rescuing missionaries and avoiding flocks of condors all feature in this unparalleled adventure."
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Travel, Hot air balloons, Description and travel, Fiction, Classic Literature, Thriller, Ficción, Viajes alrededor del mundo, Voyages around the world, Balloon ascensions, Fantasy fiction, Science fiction, French language materials, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Ballooning, Romans, nouvelles, Descriptions et voyages, Long Now Manual for CivilizationPlaces
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Five Weeks in a Balloon: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishment
February 2002, IndyPublish.com
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in English
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Cinq Semaines En Ballon
January 1999, Distribooks
Paperback
in French
- New edition
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Five weeks in a balloon: or, Journeys and discoveries in Africa by three Englishmen
1976, Aeonian Press
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
June 1969, Amereon Limited, Amereon Ltd
Library binding
in English
0884119076 9780884119074
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Five weeks in a balloon: or, journeys and discoveries in Africa by three Englishmen.
1889, Hurst
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Cinq semaines en Ballon: Voyage de découvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais
1867, J. Hetzel
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Five Weeks in a Balloon: or, Journeys and discoveries in Africa by three Englishmen
Publish date unknown, William L. Allison Company
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"Complete and unabridged."
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The debut novel from Jules Verne, originally published in 1869. This is the work that established his reputation. Originally planned for a children's magazine, this story about traveling in balloons across Africa resonates in Verne's later works and contains all his fondly remembered themes.
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