jules verne journey to the mysterious island

Other engineering problems like making primitive tools to make better tools showing how resourceful people can be. The journey to the moon was how to shoot an object at the moon and how to make that object comfortable for a few men to survive the shock of the explosives as well as having provisions for food and a way to scrub CO2 from the air. Some of the stories are interesting because of the way he had engineers in the stories work out all aspects to be successful. The mystery was an unseen beneficial being who helped them survive without more than a suspicion by the survivors.Ģ0 Thousand Leagues under the Sea was interesting in that the ship was able to dive deeply using electric power that was used to power the craft and also provide weapons. The method of how the the men got to the island does not hold up in current thinking, but the work the men did is almost believable.

Mysterious Island can be thought as a serious version of Gilligan's Isle. I followed the journey with the map applications on my computer to better see how the journey made its course around the world. The best stories are 20 Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Mysterious Island and the two stories about a journey to the moon and the return.Īround the World in 80 Days was the best.

The reason I gave this collection 3 stars is that the stories sometimes difficult to understand but there is that 19th century view of science and nature that made it interesting for me. His early stories were great but the later stories were less interesting. This is a very large collection of stories written by Jules Verne.

Jules verne journey to the mysterious island