Five Weeks in a Balloon/Cinq Semaines Au Ballon
by Jules Verne
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781523708659
Paperback|9781523708659
✨ Featured Offer
Brand New
$29.85
List Price: $30.00
🚚
See all 2 offers from $29.85 FREE standard delivery by: 04 Apr 2026
Overview
A scholar and explorer, Dr. Samuel Fergusson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend professional hunter Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent - still not fully explored - with the help of a balloon filled with hydrogen. He has invented a mechanism that, by eliminating the need to release gas or throw ballast overboard to control his altitude, allows very long trips to be taken. This voyage is meant to link together the voyages of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in East Africa with those of Heinrich Barth in the regions of the Sahara and Chad. The trip begins in Zanzibar on the east coast, and passes across Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, Agadez, Timbuktu, Djenn#65533; and S#65533;gou to St Louis in modern day Senegal on the west coast. The book describes the unknown interior of Africa near modern day Central African Republic as a desert, when it is actually savanna.Un savant et explorateur, le Dr Samuel Fergusson, accompagn#65533; de son serviteur Joe et son ami chasseur professionnel Richard "Dick" Kennedy, d#65533;cident de survoler l'Afrique orientale, de Zanzibar aux sources du Nil - pas encore totalement explor#65533;e - #65533; bord d'un ballon gonfl#65533; #65533; l'hydrog#65533;ne, le "Victoria". Il a invent#65533; un m#65533;canisme qui, en #65533;liminant la n#65533;cessit#65533; de lib#65533;rer du gaz ou de jeter de lest pour contr#65533;ler son altitude, permet de tr#65533;s longs trajets #65533; prendre. Ce voyage est destin#65533; #65533; relier les voyages de Sir Richard Burton et John Hanning Speke en Afrique de l'Est avec celles de Heinrich Barth dans les r#65533;gions du Sahara et du Tchad. Le voyage commence #65533; Zanzibar sur la c#65533;te est, et passe #65533; travers le lac Victoria, le lac Tchad, Agadez, Tombouctou, Djenn#65533; et S#65533;gou #65533; St Louis dans le jour moderne S#65533;n#65533;gal sur la c#65533;te ouest. Le livre d#65533;crit les multiples et dangereuses aventures que vont vivre les trois hommes.
| ISBN-13 | 9781523708659 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1523708654 |
| Weight | 1.72 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 1.35 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $30.00 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 538 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2016-01-26 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Brand New
Seller details
Alibris
Sparks, NV, USA
Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 538 p.
Free delivery by: 04 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Bonita
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Free delivery by: 04 Apr 2026