Five Weeks in a Balloon

Determined to succeed where ground expeditions have failed again and again, Dr. Fergusson designs an untested hydrogen balloon and sets out to cross the entire unmapped breadth of Africa from the air - accompanied by a loyal friend and a nervous hunter neither of them fully trusts. Winds, hostile territory, and the balloon's own dwindling gas supply turn every mile into a gamble.Jules Verne's firs...