Autographed letter signed to his friend Robert Godefroy.
A superb letter from the writer organizing his last journey along the Mediterranean.
"It's in my best interest to leave as soon as possible."
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Jules Verne (1828.1905)
Autographed letter signed to his friend Robert Godefroy.
One page, octavo, on a bifolium. Paris. May 2 (1884)
"It's in my best interest to leave as soon as possible."
A superb letter from the writer organizing his last journey along the Mediterranean.
"My dear Robert, I have come to spend a few days in Paris, from where I am writing to you. Please let me know the result of your election as soon as you know it, and tell me if, having been elected, you might be ready to leave as early as May 10th, weather permitting. It is in my interest to leave as soon as possible , and in the event of a delay due to a runoff, perhaps it would be better to meet in Algiers . But you would miss the Strait of Gibraltar, and that would be unfortunate. Keep me informed by writing to me in Nantes, where I will be back tomorrow. Yours very cordially, Jules Verne."
In 1884, Jules Verne decided to undertake a grand cruise around the Mediterranean. The Saint-Michel III, whose home port was Le Tréport, left Nantes on May 13th. On board were Paul Verne (his brother), Michel Verne (his son), his nephew Maurice (Paul's son), Edgard Raoul-Duval, Louis-Jules Hetzel, and Robert Godefroy, the recipient of this letter. The ship arrived in Vigo on May 18th, then in Lisbon on the 23rd. The crew passed Gibraltar on May 25th and arrived in Bône, Algeria. Malta, Sicily, Syracuse, Naples, and Pompeii followed. The voyage lasted two months, and Verne drew inspiration from this journey for his novel * Mathias Sandorf *, published in *Le Temps* from June 16th to September 20th, 1885.