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Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a story line full of adventure and plot twists that keep the reader's ...
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The first Extraordinary Voyages, Five Weeks in a Baloon, opened one of the world's most widely read literary series. For this first trip, Jules Verne takes us to Africa, then an unexplored continent, to bring Doctor Fergusson across the continent from east to west onboard a simple balloon, the only means of air transport.
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Jul 27, 2021 · “Five Weeks in a Balloon” is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate.
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Nov 1, 2002 · Balloons -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 3526: Release Date: Nov 1, 2002: Most Recently Updated: Jul 27, 2021: Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 528 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!
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May 6, 2021 · Paperback – May 6, 2021. Five Weeks in a Balloon is the first book in Jules Verne's Voyages extraordinaires series which includes the novels Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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Feb 21, 2024 · Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an 1863 novel by Jules Verne.
