Jules Verne 1828-1905 — a famous writer, creator of the genre of science fiction novel, one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Since childhood, we have been accompanied by his extraordinary works "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Children of Captain Grant", "The Mysterious Island", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and many others. This edition presents two exciting adventure novels familiar to every reader "Fifteen-Year-Old Captain" and "Five Weeks in a Balloon". The novel "Fifteen-Year-Old Captain" tells about the adventures of young Dick Sand, who by chance is forced to take over the management of the whaling schooner "Pilgrim", heading for America. In the open sea and in the continental depths of Equatorial Africa, he has to face many dangers and more than once look death in the face. The hero of the novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon" Samuel Fergusson makes an amazing and risky flight on a fantastic invention, the controlled balloon "Victoria", over the unknown territories of Central Africa. The texts are accompanied by illustrations by the remarkable Czech artist Zdenek Burian 1905-1981.
Author: Jules Verne
Year of issue: 2025
Publisher: Azbuka
Pages: 704
Cover type: hardcover
Dimensions : 4x15x22 cm
ISBN: 978-5-389-28241-4