The Children of Captain Grant. Illustrated Edition with Comments

«The Children of Captain Grant», published in 1868, translated into dozens of languages and filmed numerous times, is undoubtedly the most famous work of Jules Verne, becoming a model of adventure literature.
 
A girl and a boy, accompanied by an aristocrat,... his wife, an eccentric professor, an old sea wolf, and a battle-hardened major, embark on a risky round-the-world expedition. They cross several oceans, overcome mountains, jungles, and deserts in South America, Australia, and New Zealand. They escape from fires, floods, malevolent convicts, and wild cannibals. Will they find their father, Captain Grant, who was shipwrecked?
 
This edition will allow you to immerse yourself in a world as it was nearly two centuries ago, and together with the heroes of the novel, see distant seas and countries, their inhabitants and exotic animals, natural wonders and achievements of civilization, learn many interesting stories and get acquainted with the biography of the author. More than 300 classic illustrations and detailed comments by the famous writer and researcher Andrei Burowski will assist in this adventure.