by Julio Verne · Sopena Espanola · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430304196
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«De la Tierra a la Luna» is the science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published by Sopena Española in paperback (302 pages, in Spanish).
Scientific and satirical novel: the members of the Gun-Club design a giant cannon, the Columbiad, to launch a projectile to the Moon. Verne details technical problems, calculations and materials, and turns the projectile into a spaceship. The launch site anticipates Cape Canaveral, today home to NASA.
Work originally published in 1865, first instalment of the Baltimore Gun Club series; the story continues in «Alrededor de la Luna». The original French title is «De la Terre à la Lune».
According to the collection, aimed at readers aged 11 and over; also for adults who enjoy Verne's classic science fiction.
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
