Five Weeks in a Balloon · 1863
A daring doctor sets out to cross unexplored Africa aboard a balloon of his own design, taking two companions along for the ride. What begins as a bold scientific wager turns into a flight over jungles, deserts and rivers no European has ever mapped.
Journey to the Center of the Earth · 1864
A stubborn professor deciphers an old runic note and drags his reluctant nephew down the crater of an Icelandic volcano toward the heart of the planet. Guided by a calm local hunter, the three descend into a world of underground seas and ancient stone.
