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Verne anticipated

From: Christian Sánchez <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:56:37 -0300
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Here's a list of Verne's ideas and their possible sources, according to Pierre Versins:

1863 Five Weeks in a Balloon
 
 1) balloon dirigible
 1) vast literature since Mongolfier

 2) geographic exploration of Africa
 2) DAMBERGER (Ch. F.) [seudo]: Travel to the Interior of Africa..., 1801

1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth
 
 1) underground journey
 1) HOLBERG: Nicholas Klim's Underground Journey, 1741

 2) prehistoric world
 2) BOITARD: Paris before Men, 1861

 3) living fossils - "Tertiary men"
 3) original ideas

(to be continued)

Regards,

Christian Sánchez
chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar
Rosario, Argentina
Received on Wed 18 Dec 2002 - 08:15:12 IST

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