El doctor Samuel Fergusson, sabio y explorador ingl�s, acompa�ado por su criado Joe y por su amigo Dick Kennedy, decide atravesar el continente africano, que hasta ese momento s�lo era conocido de modo fragmentario, usando un globo hinchado con hidr�geno. Un dispositivo de su invenci�n, que permite subir o bajar a voluntad sin perder gas o echar lastre en busca de corrientes favorables, convierte al globo en un aparato dirigible. La idea de este viaje es unir las exploraciones realizadas por Burton y Speke en el ï ...
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El doctor Samuel Fergusson, sabio y explorador ingl�s, acompa�ado por su criado Joe y por su amigo Dick Kennedy, decide atravesar el continente africano, que hasta ese momento s�lo era conocido de modo fragmentario, usando un globo hinchado con hidr�geno. Un dispositivo de su invenci�n, que permite subir o bajar a voluntad sin perder gas o echar lastre en busca de corrientes favorables, convierte al globo en un aparato dirigible. La idea de este viaje es unir las exploraciones realizadas por Burton y Speke en el �frica Oriental con las de Heinrich Barth en las regiones del Sahara y el Chad, y hallar las fuentes del Nilo. A scholar and explorer, Dr. Samuel Fergusson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend professional hunter Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent - still not fully explored - with the help of a balloon filled with hydrogen. He has invented a mechanism that, by eliminating the need to release gas or throw ballast overboard to control his altitude, allows very long trips to be taken. This voyage is meant to link together the voyages of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in East Africa with those of Heinrich Barth in the regions of the Sahara and Chad. The trip begins in Zanzibar on the east coast, and passes across Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, Agadez, Timbuktu, Djenn� and S�gou to St Louis in modern day Senegal on the west coast. The book describes the unknown interior of Africa near modern day Central African Republic as a desert, when it is actually savanna.
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