Five weeks in a balloon/Cinq semaines au ballon: Bilingual edition/馘ition bilingue (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781523708659)

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 and S 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 de son serviteur Joe et son ami chasseur professionnel Richard "Dick" Kennedy, d cident de survoler l'Afrique orientale, de Zanzibar aux sources du Nil - pas encore totalement explor e - bord d'un ballon gonfl l'hydrog ne, le "Victoria". Il a invent un m canisme qui, en liminant la n cessit de lib rer du gaz ou de jeter de lest pour contr ler son altitude, permet de tr s longs trajets prendre. Ce voyage est destin relier les voyages de Sir Richard Burton et John Hanning Speke en Afrique de l'Est avec celles de Heinrich Barth dans les r gions du Sahara et du Tchad. Le voyage commence Zanzibar sur la c te est, et passe travers le lac Victoria, le lac Tchad, Agadez, Tombouctou, Djenn et S gou St Louis dans le jour moderne S n gal sur la c te ouest. Le livre d crit les multiples et dangereuses aventures que vont vivre les trois hommes.

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 1523708654
ISBN-13: 9781523708659
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2016
Pages: 538
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.20d