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Re: Jules never been to Ireland

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:45:34 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>
Cc: <visualculture~at~ncad.ie>

Dear Colleague,

Verne certainly travelled down the Irish coast - as he himself recorded in
his carnet of a journey to America.

Bill

http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/

1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, North District, NT, HONG KONG

 

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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Valetoux
Sent: 04 March 2010 17:30
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Jules never been to Ireland

 


Dear Irish Vernian friend,

 

May i help you about Jules 's navigations?

As i have translated the notesbook taken by Jules on bord of his St Michel
yachts, i can affirm to you that he never sailed to or around Ireland.

This is an old legend due to the success of "P'tit bonhomme".

In the interview he gave to Mac Clure's magazine in 1893, he said himself :
"...as i have never been in Ireland, my descriptions of landscapes and
cities were coming from books".

So, sorry, but Jules never discovered your lovely country, but still wrote
fine pages about him!

 

Ph. Valetoux

Le Havre / France

 



 

 

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