FIVE WEEKS IN BALLOON


Author:

Jules Verne

First edition:

Cinq semaines en ballon, Hetzel, 1863

Main illustrators:

Beaujard Riou Roegge

In short:

The complete title is the best summary of the book: Voyage de découverte en Afrique par trois Anglais ("Discovery of Africa by three English men"). So this is the story of group of daring adventurers who set out in a balloon (called Victoria) on a trip across the African continent.

Selection of edition:

Five weeks in Balloon, Pulp Publications, 1999.
Cinq Semaines en Ballon, illustrated by Edouard Riou, Hetzel, 1863.
Cinq semaines en Ballon, illustrated by Yves Beaujard, éd. G.P., 1979

More about it:

Five weeks in Balloon is Doctor Samuel's narration with his companions, Dick Kennedy (an Scottish adventurer) and manservant Joe. s usual, Verne chose a contemporary topic: the aim of the expedition was to complete the mapping of Africa and to solve the problem of the source of the Nile. Moreover, his imagination led to conquering the sky with an aerostatic balloon.