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Age range 3 to 9 Impey Barbicane thought of making the greatest cannon of them all. A powerful cannon not for war, but for peace, made to shoot not the enemy, but the surface of the moon. 'Peace, peace at last! But now no one needs cannon-makers anymore...and I love my job and know how to do it well. If only there were cannons for peace, I could make them better than anyone...' Those were Impey Barbicane's thoughts, as he was staring at the moon...which gave him a brilliant idea: he would make the greatest cannon in the world, a cannon that would expand the human knowledge! Made not to fight the enemy but to launch a shell to the surface of the Moon! Indeed, that would be the cannon of peace!
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From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne
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- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jules Verne
- Publisher
- Faros Books
- Released
- 2019
- ISBN10
- 1916409156
- ISBN13
- 9781916409156
- Series
- First published
- 1865
- Original title
- De la Terre à la Lune
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- 3.7 out of 5
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- Age range 3 to 9 Impey Barbicane thought of making the greatest cannon of them all. A powerful cannon not for war, but for peace, made to shoot not the enemy, but the surface of the moon. 'Peace, peace at last! But now no one needs cannon-makers anymore...and I love my job and know how to do it well. If only there were cannons for peace, I could make them better than anyone...' Those were Impey Barbicane's thoughts, as he was staring at the moon...which gave him a brilliant idea: he would make the greatest cannon in the world, a cannon that would expand the human knowledge! Made not to fight the enemy but to launch a shell to the surface of the Moon! Indeed, that would be the cannon of peace!