Five weeks in a balloon
By: by Jules Verne, author of "A journey into the interior of the earth," "The English at the North Pole," "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea," etc
Series: Youth's library of wonder and adventure; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Ward, Lock, and Tyler
Published: 1878
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Juvenile fiction; Adventure stories; Scientists; Nature stories; Explorers; Kings and rulers; Sailors; Physicians; Ballooning
Work titles: Cinq semaines en ballon
Description: Two men race across uncharted African territory in a unicorn-shaped balloon, accompanied by a playboy American reporter.
Notes: Date of publication from inscription: "Febr. 26th 1878."

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.