Cinco semanas en globo

The ambition to fly, humankind's age-old dream, began to take shape at the beginning of the 19th century. And Jules Verne, the tireless literary traveler, embarked Dr. Samuel Fergusson, along with his friend Dick Kennedy and his servant Joe Wilson, aboard the hot air balloon Victoria on a complex and fantastical journey, rich in adventures, emotions, and passions, across the skies of Africa, from the island of Zanzibar to the coast of Senegal. Their objective: to find the source of the Nile. And the author's, once again, was to show us the certainty that imagination is the most reliable means of transport. "With technical curiosity, sincere enthusiasm, and a moving faith," in the words of Arturo Pérez-Reverte, because "science was not only a manual of discoveries and solutions, but also a most noble excuse for adventure."