Vijf weken in een luchtballon by Jules Verne

"Vijf weken in een luchtballon" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel published in 1863. The story follows Samuel Ferguson, an ingenious adventurer, who embarks on a scientific expedition across unexplored Africa by hot air balloon with his servant Joe and friend Richard Kennedy. Using a revolutionary altitude control system, the trio journeys from Zanzibar to the Atlantic coast, seeking to connect existing geographical knowledge while encountering hostile tribes, dangerous wildlife, and the harsh Sahara desert. Their mission includes solving the mystery of the Nile's source. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Uniform Title Cinq Semaines En Ballon. Dutch
Title Vijf weken in een luchtballon
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Weeks_in_a_Balloon Wikipedia page about this book: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijf_weken_in_een_luchtballon
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language Dutch
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Science fiction
Subject Africa -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Balloons -- Fiction
Subject Voyages and travels -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 19086
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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