The Mighty Orinoco. Jules Verne

       JULES VERNE

      translated by STANFORD L. LUCE

      edited by ARTHUR B. EVANS

       introduction & notes by

      WALTER JAMES MILLER

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut

      Published by Wesleyan University Press,

      Middletown, CT 06459

      Translation © 2002 by Stanford L. Luce

      Introduction and notes © 2002 by Walter James Miller

      All rights reserved

      Set in Quadraat and Neuland types by BW&A Books, Inc.

      Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

      ISBN 0–8195–6511–3 (cloth)

      ISBN 0–8195–6780-9 (paper)

      First paperback edition, 2005

      CIP data appear at the back of the book.

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      Cover illustration by George Roux.

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