An Antarctic Mystery- Julio Verne

Original title: An Antarctic Mystery

Author Name: Jules Gabriel Verne

ISBN: 0008166773

Original Language: French

Genre: Lost World, adventure novel, fantasy, travel novel and adventure novel at sea

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Current year of publication: 1999

Year of reading: 2017

Additional Information:

This book is in memory of Edgar Allan Poe. I advise reading first the story written by him with the title The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. To understand, this book is a continuation.

Summary of the work:

The story begins when Jerking is in the Kerguelen islands in a geographical study completed a few months ago and awaiting the arrival of a ship to take passage in it, so the August 7 morning comes Goleta Halberne led by Len Guy to It was accustomed not take passengers, but a conversation with Jeorling makes him change his mind at the thought that he could meet Arturo Gordon Pyn in Virginia. But as for Jeorling is not real history narrated by Edgar Allan Poe. In his book; The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym, for Captain has all the basics of reality. Because of Goleta Jane and Captain William Guy, who appears in the book. It is none other than his brother who disappeared on the same date.

With the passage in Goleta direction of Puerto Prince Edward, during the trip no incident rather than an iceberg off the port with a corpse inside that is discovered during melting thereof, the captain ordered his collection when in Goleta Bridge, Captain Patterson recognizes that it is the second of the Jane. Containing a diary in your pocket with blurred letters that could be read as follows:

Dragged from the June 3 in North Island Tsalas ... There is still ... Captain William Guy and five of the crew of the Jane ... The Iceberg ... From June 13 ... exhausted my last resort ... Today June 16, will die.

With this message Captain

The Will of an Eccentric- Julio Verne

Título original: Le Testament d’ un excetrique


William J Hypperbone was a Chicago millionaire when he died left a will in which he explained how his wanted his funeral, as if July 4 it were forbid any but of mourning in the city, more then 15 days DES then dead than by lot to accompany the coffin play a game inspired by the Game of the Goose, which he call the Noble Game of the United States of America, and the press did not take long to call the match Hypperbone, these players was six plus one which he put in his will.

The story happened between trips through the states of America, which Hypperbone become 63, so that it looks like the Game of the Goose.

The fortunes of the players to overcome the obstacles on the way from one space-time was because neighborhoods have walking east to west from north to south the United States of America.

The Mighty Orinoco- Jules Verne

Original title: Le Superbe Orénoque.

It all begins when the library of the University of Ciudad Bolivar three geographers called: Michael, Felipe and Varinas, decide to end the discussion on the path of the Orinoco, and decide to search for the birth Orinoco, to the exploration join the Sergeant Martial and his nephew Jean De Kermo, search for the father of Jean, who fourteen years before self-exile from France to Venezuela, for personal reasons.

Later they were joined by two French and one botanical other Hunter, Jacques Helloch, Germain Paterne respectively who fulfilled a request from the French Minister of Public Instruction. For Orinoco wildlife explore.

These trace the Orinoco in a skinny because a ship can not pass, there is little depth in the course from San Fernando de Apure, the adventure is present throughout all history:

First against the adversities of climate, the river, animals and all kinds of insects.

Second diseases tiredness or boredom.

Third, the repeated attacks of the Indians called quivas, coming from Colombia, and are led by Alfaniz, how escapee from prison in Caracas, a bloody ruthless and cruel. Which it maintains a major offensive to members of the expedition, as well as with the missionary named Father Esperante living in the sources of the Orinoco.

Plus other surprises that history is revealed to us.

The Great Fear of year 2000 Henri Kubrick

Original title: Le Grande Peur L'an 2000

The writer tries to create a connection between results or scientific prophecies and predictions for the very near future.

Several are very interesting and can give some doubts, others have to accept use imagination, generally a book where you will find information not talk every day and that is interesting.

Around the World in Eighty Days- Jules Verne

Original title: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

The journey begins when at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, in one of the many evenings and nights, that he spend in the club, makes a start to friends of the club, he could, traveling around the world in eighty days. And you had to employ all the means for transport of the time: << vapors boats, rail cars, yachts, merchant ships, shots, elephants >>. And it costs more than nineteen thousand pounds; "Most of his fortune." But the bet cost twenty thousand pounds of benefit to him. His friends attended the bet, but not before hesitating a moment in achieving this adventure, and I should jump from a railroad and steam to a steam railway in the least possible time and the itinerary would be as follows:
Days
From London to Suez, by Mount Cenis and Brindisi, Steam Railway and 7
Suez to Bombay, Steamers 13
From Bombay to Calcutta, Railway 3
Calcutta to Hong Kong (China), 13
Hong Kong (China) to Yokohama (Japan), Vapor 6
San Francisco, New York, Railway-Highway 9
80 Days Total

The eccentric Phileas Fogg, had deployed in this business their wonderful qualities of serenity, accuracy and others who are discovered while reading.

The story takes very little time trial narrative adventure in which you have to negotiate all kinds of climatic adversity, as in the same way that all impediments made available to the "Fix Police" and the fate against "Phileas Fogg," and your traveling companions.

But at the end of your trip, once you've lost everything, we can ask ourselves; What had earned that trip, and the trip cost him the benefits of the bet? Or rather What had brought from his trip worthwhile?

Nothing will be said. Nothing, unless a beautiful woman named Aouda, that made him the happiest of men, after marry him. Which he rescued from a human sacrifice in India risking his own life.

And truly, I wonder, who of us will not go around the world many times, just to meet that amazing woman?

The Mystery of the Cathedrals- Fulcanelli

Original title: Le Mystere des Cathedrales

I find it very interesting that since 1922, not yet know the personality or group is hidden under the pseudonym. Of course writer.

The Book is about the mystery of the cathedrals of Paris, Amiens, Bourges. According to the hermetic esotericism and architects as they expressed the secrets of alchemy and mysticism, allow them to be works that will last till the end of time.

This led to the initiated and the uninitiated these sciences hoping that someday science initiated in trying to unravel the secret of the laws of nature that implemented the creator God of the universe are.
Grill also reference to the legend of St. Christopher died c. 250, Christian martyr. According account the oriental legend, it was a pagan soldier named Offerus or Reprobus who converted to Christianity and died after suffering a cruel torture for not renouncing their faith.

As is the cross of Hendaye dealing with glass egg to be a formula that is not disclosed

I recommend that you read Les Demeures Philosophales (Dwellings of the Philosophers), published in Paris During 1929