Five Weeks in a Balloon Jules Verne ( ILLUSTRATED)
Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2020-06-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798655017146 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Jules Verne ( ILLUSTRATED) written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. ( Published in English1869) . It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.