<P>Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes,...
<P>Jules Verne, celebrated French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote over 60 novels collected in the popular series «Voyages Extraordinaires.» A handful of these have never been translated into English, including Invasion of the Sea, written in 1904 when large-scale canal digging was very much a part of the political, economic, and military strategy of the world's imperial powers.</P><P>Instead of...
<P>Nine students from London's Antillean School receive travel scholarships to visit their island homelands in the Caribbean. Accompanied by their eccentric Latin professor, they set sail on what they expect to be a thrilling educational voyage. Little do they realize that, prior to their arrival on board, their ship had been hijacked by escaped convicts who murdered its original captain and crew. This is the only novel by the legendary Jules Verne that has never been...
Mit 258 ZeichnungenEin geheimnisvoller Unbekannter gibt ein Schiff in Auftrag, das als Ziel den Nordpol haben wird. Wer ist dieser Kapitän Hatteras, der sich unter die nicht minder rätselhafte Mannschaft geschlichen haben soll und seine Befehle durch einen Hund übermitteln lässt?Dieses Buch zeigt den Fabulator Verne auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Erzählkunst. Wie nur er es konnte, verbindet er wieder wissenschaftliche Höchstleistungen mit großen Abenteuern und liebenswerten und skurrilen...
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