The Purchase of the North Pole
Category: Author:Jules Verne儒勒·凡尔纳
A sequel to "From the earth to the moon".
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Category: Author:Jules Verne儒勒·凡尔纳
A sequel to "From the earth to the moon".
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Category: Author:novel
Each time I begin a book of travel I search for the reasons that sent me awandering. Foolishness, for I ought to know by this time the wander fever was born in my blood; it is in the blood of my sister and brothers. We were brought up in an inland town in Victoria, Australia, and the years have seen us roaming all over the world. I do ...
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Category: Author:novel
THE regions in the neighbourhood of the North Pole have lately become the objects of increased curiosity; and among these regions Greenland has attracted a more than usual interest. This country was first peopled by a colony from Iceland, which occupied both the Western and Eastern parts of the Island.
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Category: Author:Jules Verne
"To a thinker, a dreamer, or a philosopher, nothing is more affecting than the departure of a ship -- for at the sight, the imagination runs loose and plays round the sails -- it sees her struggles with the sea and the wind in the adventurous journey, which does not always end in port . . ." This, however, was the most "unusual" ship -...
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