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This wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by verne scholar arthur b. Verne was noted for writing about cosmic, atmospheric, and underwater travel long before air travel and submarines were commonplace and before practical means of space travel had even been devised. His first book, martin paz in 1852, was published when he was 24. Jules verne, celebrated french author of twenty thousand leagues under the sea and around. Jules verne 1828 1905, translated by william henry giles kingston 1814 1880 a story of castaways, similar to robinson crusoe and the swiss family robinson, this book details the escape from civil warera richmond, virginia, of five northern men who dared to go aloft in a balloon in the midst of a hurricane.
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