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In 1862 French publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814−86) founded the youth magazine Le Magasin d'éducation et de récréation (Education and entertainment magazine), and asked Jules Verne (1828−1905) to contribute to it by writing novels. Hetzel later created a collection entitled Les Voyages extraordinaires (Extraordinary journeys) dedicated solely to Verne’s works, the goal of which was to “sum up the knowledge … accumulated by modern science … in its own attractive and picturesque and colorful format.” The collection featured De la terre à la lune (From the earth to the ...