Re: re : verne

["Jane P. Davidson" <jdhexen@unr.edu>]

You may be interested in an article in the current issue of the journal,
Earth Sciences History     XXII no 1,  2003  It deals with Verne and the
influences on his Journey from the writings of Louis Figuier.

John Breyer and William Butcher  "Nothing New under teh Earth:  The
Geology of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth."  pp36-55

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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 Aegyptiacus@aol.com wrote:

> quoting richellis@nyc.rr.com
> <<
> It is obvious that Verne had read some of the 
> contemporaneous descriptions of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs and had seen 
> some of the more spectacular illustrations, perhaps those in Louis 
> Figuier’s 1863 La Terre avant le Déluge (Earth before the Deluge
> >>
> It is possible but I doubt it due to the date of Verne's book (1864).He 
> rather found his ideas in earlier publications, IMHO.
> Jean-Michel
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