Title

Scene from Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, 1865. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Scene from Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, 1865. Splash down! The space travellers touching down in the sea after their trip to the Moon. French author Verne (1828-1905) was one of the pioneers of science fiction writing.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1865

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_057

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,7Mb) / 11,2in x 17,3in / 3364 x 5190 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation sea touching arts country French France space ship ships landing geography color colour surprise travelling trip location century splash surprised literature concept return novel spacecraft science fiction space travel fiction 19th century water transport nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive geographical feature landing place space capsule space flight panorama Unknown Jules Jules Verne Verne Jules Verne panorama