Thank you, Garmt, for the correct translation. I was too conceited in presenting it without knowledge of the language. But, for Kropotkin, I was unaware of his title of prince, so there the problem started... Mea maxima culpa!
Sincerely
Jan Rychlik
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Od (From): "Garmt de Vries" <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Komu (To): "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
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Předmět (Subject): Re: Re: Jules Verne et Elisée Reclus...
Datum (Date): 3. 12. 2004 9:04
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> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, [iso-8859-2] Jan Rychl?k wrote:
>
> > 3) Accoring to certain Edmundo Marcussi, Reclus may have [?] introduced Verne
> > to Kropotkin and his geographical and political principles may have [?]
> > influenced the geographical documentation on Siberia for Michel Strogoff [2nd
>
> > viaggio e d'avventura dell'epoca. Secondo Edmundo Marcussi, Reclus avrebbe
> > presentato Kropotkin a Jules Verne e il principe, geografo e anarchico
> > avrebbe fornito allo scrittore la documentazione geografica e politica sulla
> > Siberia, che serviva per la stesura di Michele Strogoff.
>
> More precisely, what the Italian text says is that "according to Edmundo
> Marcussi [that would be Edmondo Marcucci, one of the founders of the
> Societe Jules Verne] introduced Kropotkin to Jules Verne and the prince, a
> geographer and anarchist, provided the author with geographical and
> political documentation about Siberia, which he used when writing Michel
> Strogoff."
>
> So it doesn't say that Kropotkin's political ideas influenced Verne's
> geographical description.
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
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