Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days
99.99 €
With the heroes of this book, the impassioned English gentleman Phileas Fogg and his servant Jean Passepartout, the reader will circumnavigate the globe and see what the world was like almost a century and a half ago. Although the travelers are in too much of a hurry to get back to London and win the bet, Jules Verne describes the different countries and cities so vividly, and the commentary and illustrations reveal so many curious details that the fast-paced journey becomes thrillingly interesting.
The shady gardens of Singapore and the bustling streets of San Francisco, the Mormon city and the Indian jungle, the snowy expanses of Nebraska and the marvelous Ganges Valley - on thematic spreads all this can be studied leisurely and carefully, learn to distinguish Brahman from Kshatriya and wigwam from tipi, to understand the structure of sailing ships, to consider a lot of amazing clothes, hairstyles, carts, dwellings and temples and to check the route with geographical maps of the XIX century.
Also:
- All the necessary geographical maps;
- Sights of the Three Continents;
- A Beginner's Guide to Sailing;
- Goddess Kali in all her frightening glory;
- The voluminous Japanese pagoda;
- Advice from experienced nineteenth-century travelers;
- The screw steamer and the American train in detail;
- The game "Traveling Around the World with Nellie Bly".
The shady gardens of Singapore and the bustling streets of San Francisco, the Mormon city and the Indian jungle, the snowy expanses of Nebraska and the marvelous Ganges Valley - on thematic spreads all this can be studied leisurely and carefully, learn to distinguish Brahman from Kshatriya and wigwam from tipi, to understand the structure of sailing ships, to consider a lot of amazing clothes, hairstyles, carts, dwellings and temples and to check the route with geographical maps of the XIX century.
Also:
- All the necessary geographical maps;
- Sights of the Three Continents;
- A Beginner's Guide to Sailing;
- Goddess Kali in all her frightening glory;
- The voluminous Japanese pagoda;
- Advice from experienced nineteenth-century travelers;
- The screw steamer and the American train in detail;
- The game "Traveling Around the World with Nellie Bly".
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author