В настоящие издание включены приключенческие романы известного французского писателя Жюля Верна (1828-1904) "Пятнадцатилетний капитан" и "Вокруг света в восемьдесят дней", в которых занимательность сюжета органично сочетается с обширным познавательным материалом, сохранившим научную ценность до наших дней.
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."