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About Jean-Michel Margot
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I answer any question about JULES VERNE, the French novelist (1828-1905). As worldwide recognized JULES VERNE specialist, I`m able to answer any question about his life and his works, among them the most appreciated in the United States is Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. Other well known titles are: Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Five Weeks in a Balloon, Michael Strogoff, Mysterious Island.
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Collecting, reading and publishing. I own the most comprehensive reference material collection about JULES VERNE in America.
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Societe Jules Verne, Paris (France)
Centre de Documentation Jules Verne, Amiens (France)
Club Jules Verne, Pazin (Croatia)
North American Jules Verne Society
Jules Verne Genotschaap (Netherlands)
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My publications are referenced in almost all modern and contemporary books by and about Jules Verne.
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Swiss maturity in Latin and Greek
Master in Geology of the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland)
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You are here: Experts > Arts/Humanities > Literature: Contemporary > Verne, Jules > NC volcano
Expert: Jean-Michel Margot
Date: 10/9/2008
Subject: NC volcano
Question
I was reading some of the other questions that you have fielded and one of them mentioned a North Carolina volcano, perhaps written about by Jules Vern. I am currently researching volcanic folklore in North Carolina and I am wondering if you know of any account, fiction or fact about volcanic activity in the region in the 1700's or 1800's. Thank you kindly.
Brian Zimmer
Answer
You are referring "Maître du monde" (Master of the world) by Jules Verne. Verne's Great Eyry is in fact Pilot Mountain close to Mount Airy (border of NC and VA), which is taken by the characters as a volcano, which is not the case, in reality and in fiction.
There were some small earthquakes in Central NC in the 17th and 18th century, but given the shape of Pilot Mountain (in reality) and Mount Eyry ( in fiction), I doubt that JV was inspired by these earthquakes.
We do not know from which explorer's report JV took his geographical inspiration for Mount Eyry.
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