Jules Verne 1898 Edition Hetzel "the Superb Orinoco"

Les Voyages Extraordinaires written by Jules VERNE (1828-1905) published by Hetzel in Paris - titled "Le Superbe Orénoque" - First edition around 1898 illustrated by George Roux. Polychrome percaline cardboard known as the golden globe, plate signed Blancheland bound by Engel with gilded edges, back to the lighthouse, frontispiece protected by translucent serpentine leaf. Good condition, note foxing and usual wear. Dimensions: 28.5 cm x 19 cm x 4.5 cm. Work crowned by the French Academy inspired by the story of the journeys accomplished by the explorer Jean Chaffanjon who made several journeys on the lower course of the Venezuelan Orinoco river to its source. In the Superb Orinoco, the hero of the novel, Jean de Kermor thus goes up the course of the river, holding in his hand the explorer's book in which he sees "a sure guide" Living his life like a novel, without doing it on purpose , that’s a bit of the story of Chaffajon. It is also part of the great French tradition of daring adventurers, eager to fill in the “blank spots” of imprecise maps and to reflect the glory obtained on their country. It is in this tradition and this continuity that Ferdinand de Lesseps, president of the Geographical Society, is famous when he welcomed Chaffanjon, on November 18, 1887, in the great amphitheater of the Sorbonne.