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The Giant Raft: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

Jules Verne

First published 1881
Publisher Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 244+32

{{Tr|W. J. Gordon}}. This translation (part 1) begins: ""P h y j s l y d d q f d z x g a s g z z q q e h x g k f n d r x u j u g i o c y t d x v k s b x h h u y p o h d v y r y m h u h p u y d k j o x p h e t o z s l e t n p m v f f o v p d p a j x h y y n o j y g g a y m e q y n f u q l n m v l y f g s u z m q i z t l b q g y u g s q e u b v n r c r e d g r u z b l r m x y u h q h p z d r r g c r o h e p q x u f i v v r p l p h o n t h v d d q f h q s n t z h h h n f e p m q k y u u e x k t o g z g k y u u m f v i j d q d p z j q s y k r p l x h x q r y m v k l o h h h o t o z v d k s p p s u v j h d." The man who held in his hand the document of which this strange assemblage of letters formed the concluding paragraph, remained some moments lost in thought."

  • First British edition. First illustrated edition. 8vo.
  • Translated by W.J. Gordon.
  • Title page has "The Giant Raft" over "(Part I.)" over "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon".
  • No art credit, but contains the same images as the original French publication.
  • 32 page publisher's catalogue (pages 2-32 numbered), dated January 1881, included in the page count.
  • Data (page count), title note, translator (other sources list W. G. Gordon) updated from scanned copy at Bodleian Library.
  • Data from julesverne.ca, National Book Auctions, and WorldCat.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Giant Raft: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Cover 1881 Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover Novel viii+244
The Giant Raft: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Cover 2001 Fredonia Books Trade Paperback Novel 168