George Roux (1850–1929) was a French artist renowned for his illustrations of Jules Verne’s science-fiction novels. Born in Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and became famous for his ...

His ship carries a piano, paintings, a library of 12,000 volumes ... Radio 4's To the Ends of the Earth season begins with Jules Verne's classic Journey to the Centre of the Earth which is ...