Jules Verne and the conquest of the polar regions
Abstract Like many of his contemporaries, the popular novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905) was deeply influenced by the geographical explorations of the mid 19th century. Of more than 60 novels published from 1855 onward in his series Les voyages extraordinaires , which involved tales of adventure, trav...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1991
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400012638 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400012638 |