Explore the interactive map,
showing major sites in novels, set in the Nordic countries.
Indicates also selected places visited in 1861, during Verne’s own journey in Scandinavia.
Jules Verne’s Scandinavia, a ‘Story Map’
[click to strt]
[being updated – Verne quotes from diary and novels]
[PC or PAD= best experience]
The term ‘Scandinavia’ can hold several meanings …
– the Scandinavian peninsula
– the countries: Denmark, Sweden, Norway
– all Nordic countries (like: ‘Norden’)
In the following presentation, ‘Scandinavia’ = the latter
(includes therefore Greenland, Faroes, Finland)
Abbreviations:
Joyeuses Misères de trois voyageurs en Scandinavie [JM] (1861)
Voyage au centre de la Terre [VC] (1864; Journey to the Center of the Earth)
“L’Épave du Cynthia” [EC] (1885; The Waif of the “Cynthia”)
Un Billet de loterie [BL] (1885; Lottery Ticket No. “9672”)
Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer [MA] (1894)
La Chasse au Météore [MQ] The Meteor hunt (1908/1989)
De Rotterdam Á Copenhague [RoCo] (1881)
