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RE: Verne anticipated

From: Christian Sánchez <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:20:03 -0300
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

1865 From the Earth to the Moon

 1) space journey
 1) vast literature since the second century (Lucian of Samosata: True History)

 2) howitzers and cannons
 2) McDERMOT: A Trip to the Moon... 1728 (used from the Moon to the Earth)

 3) rectifier rockets
 3) CYRANO DE BERGERAC: Histoire comique des états et empires de la lune [A Voyage to the moon] (it is not the actual means to reach the Moon)

 4) orbit around the Moon (see 1870)
 4) original concept (however, González, the hero of GODWIN's The man in the Moon, had been placed in orbit in 1638)

1866 The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
 
 1) discovery of the North Pole
 1)TYSSOT DE PATOT: The Life, the Adventures, and the Travel to Greenland of the Reverend Father Cordelier Pierre de Mésange... 1720

(to be continued)

Regards,

Christian Sánchez
chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar
Rosario, Argentina

----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Christian Sánchez" <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar>
Para: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Enviado: Martes 17 de Diciembre de 2002 18:56
Asunto: Verne anticipated


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 Fri 20 Dec 2002 - 00:53:20 IST

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