Extraordinary Voyages

Voyage in a Balloon (1852)

by Jules Verne

Dr. Ferguson crosses Africa by balloon, rising and falling by heating his hydrogen. This was Verne’s first success, and it fixed his formula: science made plausible, travel made thrilling, maps unrolled across the page. This is another English translation; the library keeps each one, because translators disagree in interesting ways.

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The Verne rooms

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #16085. In the public domain in the United States.