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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (French: La Jangada - Huit Cents lieues sur l'Amazone) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1881. It has also been published as The Giant Raft. Unlike many of his other novels, this story does not have any science fiction elements. It is... Read Full Overview

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is one of the most recognizable names in Western literature, coming to be known as one of the Fathers of Science-Fiction. Although he studied to be a lawyer and held stock trading jobs, he quickly learned that he had a knack for weaving adventurous stories... Read Full Overview

La jangada (subtitulada Ochocientas leguas por el Amazonas) (La jangada. Huit cents lieues sur l'Amazone) es una novela del escritor franc s Julio Verne.Juan Garral ha heredado una facienda en las cercan as de Iquitos, en el Alto Amazonas, como consecuencia de su boda con la... Read Full Overview

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is a unique addition to Jules Verne's beloved adventure series, Voyages Extraordinaire, as it is among the few Verne novels that does not include elements of science fiction. Instead, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon... Read Full Overview

Jules Verne wrote the book Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, which was first released in 1881. It was also released under the title The Giant Raft. A ranch owner named Joam Garral, who lives close to the Peruvian-Brazilian border on the Amazon River, is forced to travel downstream... Read Full Overview

""Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon"" is an adventure novel by the French author Jules Verne. The story follows a young man named Joam Garral, who lives on a plantation in Brazil and is falsely accused of a crime. To clear his name, he embarks on a journey down the Amazon River... Read Full Overview

JULES VERNE (1828-1905). Romancier fran ais, n Nantes (sur l' le Feydeau, entre les deux bras de la Loire) qui atteignit une extraordinaire popularit avec une longue s rie d oeuvres combinant aventure et science-fiction, parmi lesquelles on peut citer les incontournables... Read Full Overview

Той беше мъж на около тридесет години, върху когото... Read Full Overview

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is a unique addition to Jules Verne's beloved adventure series, Voyages Extraordinaire, as it is among the few Verne novels that does not include elements of science fiction. Instead, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon... Read Full Overview

Penned by science fiction luminary Jules Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is a pulse-pounding adventure novel that will enthrall and engage fans of the action fiction genre. The tale follows the journey of a South American landowner who is forced by circumstances to... Read Full Overview

"Im Jahre 1852 - in diesem Jahre spielt die folgende Geschichte - gab es noch Sklaven in Brasilien und demzufolge auch Buschkapit?ne, die auf sie Jagd machten. Gewisse staats?konomische Gr?nde hatten die Stunde der allgemeinen Emanzipation verz?gert; aber schon hatte der Schwarze... Read Full Overview

"Im Jahre 1852 - in diesem Jahre spielt die folgende Geschichte - gab es noch Sklaven in Brasilien und demzufolge auch Buschkapit?ne, die auf sie Jagd machten. Gewisse staats?konomische Gr?nde hatten die Stunde der allgemeinen Emanzipation verz?gert; aber schon hatte der Schwarze... Read Full Overview

THE MAN who held in his hand the document of which this strange assemblage of letters formed the concluding paragraph remained for some moments lost in thought. It contained about a hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into words. It seemed... Read Full Overview