From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon is a book by Jules Verne.
He tells of the adventures of three men, the Americans Barbicane and Nicholl, and one French man, Ardan. They want to go to the moon, and to do this, they make a very big cannon, with a very big "bullet". The bullet is the spaceship. They get caught in the moons orbit and the story ends there.
Before he died, Verne gave the manuscript to his nephew, telling him to look after it. "I'm sure that you will see travel to the moon. You will be able to judge my prediction".
From The Earth To The Moon Media
The projectile, as pictured in an engraving from the 1872 Illustrated Edition.
The firing of the Columbiad.
