Jules Verne

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Illustrated Collectors Edition) (New Translation) (53 Illustrations) (SF Classic) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adventure. The unlocked riddle brings them to a remote mountain on Iceland, where they enter an extinct volcano on a daring quest to reach the center of the earth. They soon find themselves at a giant underground ocean where the laws of science are constantly redefined and prehistoric creatures are in abundance. But in the bowels of the earth, a shocking discovery pits the travellers face to face with their own terrifying past. Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth has been read by millions of inquisitive minds and has influenced some of the worlds most famous explorers such as Admiral Byrd, who announced on his 1926 expedition to the North Pole that "e;it is Jules Verne who is bringing me."e; And renowned cave explorer Norbert Casteret said in 1938 that A Journey to the Center of the Earth was a "e;marvelous book which impressed and fascinated me more than any other. I have re-read it many times, and I confess I sometimes re-read it still, each time finding anew the joys and enthusiasm of my childhood."e; This 260 page collectors edition includes 53 illustrations, a biography, historical reviews, articles, and an introduction by Mark Rich.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Engage Books
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781926606569
• Artikelnr.: 54129246

Autorenporträt

Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 -24 March 1905) was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1869-1870), Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) and The Mysterious Island (1875). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised.

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