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Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais
dans L'Afrique australe - 1872

Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 Englishmen in South Africa - 1872

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Alternate English Titles:

Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth

Adventures of 3 Englishmen and 3 Russians in South Africa

Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians

Stories of Adventure: Meridiana & Journey to the Center of the Earth

Measuring a Meridian

Meridiana or Adventures in South Africa

Meridiana: the Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians

Plot Synopsis (courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)

Three Englishman (Colonel Everest, Sir John Murray and William Emery) and three Russians (Matthew Strux, Nicholas Palander and Michael Zorn) and their guide, a bushman named Mokoum, set out to measure the arc of a meridian in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. Everything is going well, until war is declared between England & Russia.

Book Collecting Information:

First UK
Editon:

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Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1873 (published November 1872)
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
London

Pictorial brown cloth
Publisher's 48 page catalogue

First US Appearance:

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1873
Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
New York
(Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
London)

These were bound from the Sampson Low sheets, with a Scribner title page inserted (which mentions Sampson Low!)

First US
Edition:

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Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1874
Scribner, Armstrong and Company (654 Broadway)
New York

Pictorial Brown and Green cloth
48 Illustrations
variant A: Two (2) Verne titles on reverse of title page (and those titles don't include THIS one)
2 pp undated adverts at rear of the book

Other Editions:

1874	Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth 1874 (2nd American Edition) Henry L. Shepard & Co. Boston
1874	Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1874 Scribner, Armstrong and Company New York Pictorial Brown and Green cloth 48 Illustrations variant B: Three (3) Verne titles on reverse of title page variant C: Six (6) Verne titles on reverse of title page 2 pp undated adverts at rear of the book
1874	Stories of Adventure (includes:Adventures of 3 Englishmen... + Journey to the Centre of the Earth) 1874 Scribner Armstrong & Co New York
1875	Meridiana, Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1875 Sampson Low London
1876	Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1876 Sampson Low London
nd (inscr 1891)	Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd (inscr1891) Routledge London
nd	Adventures of 3 Englishmen and 3 Russians nd ? ? Six Penny Novel, in wraps
1892	Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1892 Sampson Low London
1896	Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1896 Sampson Low, Marston and Co London
1910	The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd (circa 1910) George Routledge London
nd (circa 1910)	Adventures in Southern Africa nd (circa1910) Hutchinson London
nd (circa 1915)	The Adventures of Three Englishmen nd (circa 1915) Sampson Low Marston + Co London
1964	Measuring a Meridian 1964 Associated Booksellers Westport, Conn Fitzroy Edition
	Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth 2001 Fredonia Books NL 232 pages Published: January 2001 See/Buy this book now at Amazon.ca
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Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais
dans L'Afrique australe - 1872