Volume 4 of 54 of Jules Verne"s "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1865. Jules Verne"s defining novel of the science fiction genre. After the American Civil War, a group of men set out to construct a ship to provide them passage to the moon. In groundbreaking writing, Jules Verne treats the topic of moon travel in suprising accurate modern detail and calculation years before his time, including the site for the launch in “Tampa Town, Florida”, very close to the future Kennedy Space Center. This particular edition is reproduced from English-edition public works, and is presented simply with an emphasis on straightforward presentation, attractiveness and continuity of appearance, with each title in the "Extraordinary Voyages" sporting a journal-style brown cover accompanied by a cover illustration and quote from the text on the back cover.