Probably completed between January and August 1864, Jules Verne's fictional account of a small group of scientists descending to the center of the Earth through a volcano was published in Paris on this date. Journey to the Center of the Earth was Verne's third novel and also the third for his publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, who Verne made very rich. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
William Butcher, Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006),191-193.