Five weeks in a balloon : a journey of discovery by three Englishmen in Africa

393 Pages·2015·120.2 MB·English

by  Jules Verne

FFiivvee WWeeeekkss iinn aa BBaalllloooonn

publication of this book is funded by the
Beatrice Fox auerBach Foundation Fund
at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Five
Weeks in
a Balloon
A Journey of Discovery by
Three Englishmen in Africa
JULES VERNE
Translated with introduction and
notes by frederick paul walter
Edited by arthur b. evans
wesleyan university press Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, CT 06459
www.wesleyan.edu/wespress
Translation and annotations © 2015 Frederick Paul Walter
Bibliography and biography © 2015 Arthur B. Evans
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publication of this book is funded by the
Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund
at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Verne, Jules, 1828–1905.
[Cinq semaines en ballon. English]
Five weeks in a balloon: a journey of discovery by three
Englishmen in Africa / Jules Verne; translated with introduction
and notes by Frederick Paul Walter; edited by Arthur B. Evans.
 pages cm — (Early classics of science fiction)
Includes bibliographical references.
iSBn 978-0-8195-7547-0 (cloth : alk. paper) —
iSBn 978-0-8195-7548-7 (ebook)
I. Walter, Frederick Paul, translator. II. Title.
PQ2469.c5e55 2015
843′.8—dc23  2014045129
5 4 3 2 1
Cover illustration by Édouard Riou (1833–1900).
Gratefully dedicated to the staff, volunteers,
and aeronauts at the anderSon- aBruzzo
international Balloon MuSeuM in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Contents
Introduction: Verne Takes Off, xi
FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, 1
Note on the Translation, 293
Gallery of Heroes, 295
Notes, 305
Bibliography, 315
Jules Gabriel Verne: A Biography, 349
About the Contributors, 357