From the Earth to the Moon

<p>In search of an occupation after the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club undertakes the design and construction of a cannon capable of launching a projectile to the Moon. The three main protagonists—Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane’s rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist—board the hollow cannonball en route to the Moon. The story concludes in <i lang="fr">Autour de la Lune</i>, the sequel published four years later.</p>
<p><i lang="fr">De la Terre à la Lune</i>, number 4 in the <a href="https://standardebooks.org/collections/voyages-extraordinaires"><i lang="fr">Voyages Extraordinaires</i></a> collection, is one of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne">Jules Verne</a>’s best-known novels. It inspired numerous adaptations, from movies to theme parks to video games.</p>