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Re: Superbe Orenoque

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:41:24 +0200 (MET DST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Jean-Michel Margot wrote:

> The travel report by Jean Chaffanjon was used by Jules Verne to describe
> the Orénoque basin and, as you noticed, Chaffanjon is cited almost
> permanently in JV's novel.

I assume you read Chaffanjon's account. Did Jules Verne copy entire
paragraphs as well? In the magazine Le Tour du Monde, 1873, Stanley's
account of his search for Livingstone was published in French translation.
A large part of this text has been copied straight into Un Capitaine de 15
Ans.

Garmt.
Received on Wed 18 Jul 2001 - 16:47:10 IDT

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