Sunday, September 10, 2006

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 1864


No hollow earth bibliography can do without Jules Verne (1828 - 1905). His seminal A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, was first published in 1864.

Numerous foreign translations followed quickly and the book has many different editions. The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the center of the Earth.

They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

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