National Geographic History - USA (2020-03)

TAKING OFF Nadar, pictured here in the gondola of a hot-air balloon in his studio, inspired Verne’s first literary hit, Five Wee ...

He offered Verne 20,000 francs for two nov- els each year. Although this was a vastly larger sum than the writer had ever receiv ...

PIERRE-JULES HETZEL PHOTOGRAPHED BY NADAR IN 1865, SOON AFTER HE EMBARKED ON HIS HIGHLY (AND MUTUALLY) LUCRATIVE PUBLISHING VENT ...

Tabor Liverpool Guinea Cascades Timbuktoo Vigo Bay Glasgow Talcahuano Tristan de Acunha Tabor New York San Francisco Fort Kearne ...

Moscow Omsk Kolyvan Tomsk Irkoutsk Nijni-Novgorod Perm Kazonnde Cape Town Amsterdam Is. Eden Lake Taupo Bombay Allahabad Hong Ko ...

would introduce readers to Verne’s most ac- complished creation, the enigmatic and austere Captain Nemo. Fiercely intelligent an ...

AMERICANS IN PARADISE? American artist N. C. Wyeth illustrated a 1918 edition of Verne’s The Mysterious Island. In this novel, s ...

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Under the Sea CAPTAIN NEMO, portrayed by actor James Mason, looks in horror at the giant squid in the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues U ...

ing habitat. Around this stage in his life, Verne regretted that he had not made more overt ref- erence to the political situati ...

NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS The Jules Verne Circus in Amiens was inaugurated by the city’s famous writer in 1889, in his capacity as a ...

GET TY^ IM AGE S jules verne’s novel from the earth to the moon (1865) and its sequel, Around the Moon (1870), de- scribe the la ...

2 Preparations Verne’s crew carry thermometers, barometers, and telescopes, as well as weapons and “clothing adapted to every te ...

DISCOVERIES E ast of the Turkish city of Kars lies a complex of lonely medieval churches. Octagonal towers, crumbling walls, and ...

time and devastation have left more heavy strokes.” In 1839 British Army captain Richard Wilbra- ham marveled at the solid- ity ...

the Persians, then the Seleu- cids, the Parthians, and the Romans. But as these differ- ent empires rose and fell, Ar- menian id ...

22602 Egyptian Carnelian scarab amulet. ½” 2040 BC..............$150 23222 Egyptian Lapis scarab amulet. 1” 2040 BC............. ...

DISCOVERIES Hope and Despair In 1878 the Russian Empire took over the region around Ani. The discoveries of ex- plorers like Ker ...

Stauer... Afford the Extraordinary.® S oaring over English skies in 1940, Royal Air Force pilots knew they were all that stood b ...

GREEK MYTHOLOGY features tales of feared warrior women, the Amazons who fought alongside Greeks at Troy and fought against the g ...