Five Weeks in a Balloon

"e;Five Weeks in a Ballon"e; is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "e;ingredients"e; of his later work, skilfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.