L'Étonnante aventure de la mission Barsac

There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January, 1862, at the session of the Royal Geographical Society, No. 3 Waterloo Place, London. The president, Sir Francis M -, made an important communication to his colleagues, in an address that was frequently interrupted by applause. This rare specimen of eloquence terminated with the following sonorous phrases bubbling over with patriotism: "England has always marched at the head of nations" (for, the reader will observe, the nations always march at the head of each other), "by the intrepidity of her explorers in the line of geographical discovery." (General assent). "Dr. Samuel Ferguson, one of her most glorious sons, will not reflect discredit on his origin." ("No, indeed!" from all parts of the hall.)

Cinq Semaines En Ballon  (Extraordinary Voyages, #1)

On the evening of the 17th March 1859, Captain Craventy gave a fête at Fort Reliance. Our readers must not at once imagine a grand entertainment, such as a court ball, or a musical soirée with a fine orchestra. Captain Craventy’s reception was a very simple affair, yet he had spared no pains to give it éclat.

Le Pays des fourrures

L'Étoile du Sud est un roman d'aventures de Paschal Grousset, vendu à l'editeur Hetzel, puis remanie et signe par Jules Verne. L'oeuvre est publiee en 1884.L'ingenieur français Cyprien Méré, désireux d'obtenir la main de la charmante Alice Watkins, fille d'un riche propriétaire de mines diamantifères d'Afrique australe, décide d'utiliser ses connaissances scientifiques pour réaliser la fabrication du diamant artificiel. Il croit y être parvenu en découvrant dans son appareil un énorme joyau: l'Etoile du Sud. L'inexplicable disparition du diamant précipite l'ingénieur dans une suite d'événements extraordinaires...

L'Étoile du Sud

Au moment de partir pour une courte balade en ballon, un inconnu se précipite dans la nacelle du personnage et l'oblige à lâcher du lest pour s'élever plus haut et plus loin que ce qu'il escomptait. L'intrus profite du voyage pour narrer longuement l'histoire des incidents reliés à l'épopée des plus légers que l'air.

Un drame dans les airs

Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne's hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Les cinq cents millions de la bégum / L'École des Robinsons

Kéraban le Têtu

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.

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