Title: Les Indes noires

Title: Les Indes noires Title Record # 7400
Author: Jules Verne
Date: 1877-04-26
Type: NOVEL
Series: Voyages extraordinaires
Series Number: 16
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: French

Note: Originally serialized in Le Temps, in 20 installments between March 28, 1877 (no. 5823) and April 22, 1877 (no. 5848). Images available at Gallica. For information on identifying Jules Verne translations, please see this wiki page.

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Year	Title
1877	Les Indes-noires

Year	Language	Title
1877^ⓘTranslated by W. H. G. Kingston. This translation begins: ""To Mr. J.R. Starr, Engineer, 30, Canongate, Edinburgh. If Mr. James Starr will come to-morrow to the Aberfoyle coal-mines, Dochart pit, Yarrow shaft, a communication of an interesting nature will be made to him.""	English	The Child of the Cavern; or, Strange Doings Underground
1911^ⓘTranslated by W. H. G. Kingston, first published in 1877 as <a href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2540407"><i>The Child of the Cavern; or, Strange Doings Underground</i></a>. This translation begins: "<i>To Mr. F. R. Starr, Engineer, 30, Canongate, Edinburgh.</i> If Mr. James Starr will come to-morrow to the Aberfoyle coal-mines, Dochart pit, Yarrow shaft, a communication of an interesting nature will be made to him." ["F. R." appears to be an error. The text continues using "James Starr".] Interior half-title page [277] of the 1911 Parke edition displays four lines, the last small size:   The Underground City   or   The Black Indies   (Sometimes Called the Child of the Cavern)	English	The Underground City or The Black Indies (Sometimes Called the Child of the Cavern)
1922^ⓘYiddish title means "Black diamonds". Translation (possibly condensed) of <i>L'Étoile du Sud</i> ???. Placed under <i>Les Indes noires</i> as the first paragraph mentions poor conditions in Scotland and there is another English translation called "Black Diamonds". Translated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: שטיל און טרויעריג איז היינט אין דיא גאסען פון'ם קליינעם שטעדטעל (אבערוויל, אין שאטלאנד. מען זעהט ניט קיין לעבעדיגען מענשען אין דיא גא. סען. דיא הייזער זיינען פערמאכט. אין זיי זיינען געבליבען נור אלטע, קראנקע מענער און פרויען, אדער גאנץ קליינע קינדער. דיא קראנקע קרעכצען אויף זייער קראנקען בעט און קיינער קוקט זיך אויף זיי ניט אום. דיא קינדער וויינען, בעטען עסען און קיינער ענטפערט זיי ניט.	Yiddish	שׁווארזע דיאמאנטען^?Shvarze Dyamanten [as by זשול ווערן^?zshul vern zhul vern ]
1961^ⓘTranslated by I. O. Evans, likely from the Kingston translation. The text for this translation has yet to be entered here.	English	Black Diamonds
1964^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: "'Aan de heer J. R. Starr, ingenieur. 30 Canongate Str. Edinburgh. 'Indien de heer James Starr zich naar de kolenmijnen van Aberfoyle, groeve Dorchard, put Yarow wil begeven, zal hem een belangrijke mededeling worden gedaan."	Dutch	Het Zwarte Goud
1971^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Jules_Verne_Translations#Les_Indes_noires">this</a> wiki page for more information on known translations.	Italian	Le Indie nere
1979^ⓘTranslated by Ecaterina Micu	Romanian	Indiile negre
1984	German	Schwarz Indien
2005^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Jules_Verne_Translations#Les_Indes_noires">this</a> wiki page for more information on known translations.	English	The Underground City
2005^ⓘTranslated by Sarah Crozier. This translation begins: "Mr J R Starr, Engineer 30 Canongate Edinburgh If Mr James Starr will come tomorrow to the Yarrow Shaft, Dochart Pit, Aberfoyle coalmines, he will be given information of interest to him."	English	The Underground City: Set Underneath Loch Katerine: A New Translation of the Complete Text With Illustrations
2010^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Jules_Verne_Translations#Les_Indes_noires">this</a> wiki page for more information on known translati	English	The Underground City or The Black Indies (Sometimes Called The Child of the Cavern)

Year	Language	Title
1877^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: ""Mr. J.R. Starr, 30 Canongate, Edinburgh: If Mr. James Starr will present himself to-morrow at the Aberfoyle Coalmines, Dochart Pit, Yarow Well, he will receive a communication of an interesting nature.""	English	The Black-Indies (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Club de lecture des jeunes: Volume 1	1959-00-00	uncredited	Club de lecture des jeunes			511	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Les Indes noires	1967-00-00	Jules Verne	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Jules Verne #2044)		F3.00^?F: French frank	237	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	J. Férat , Charles Barbant
Les Indes noires	1978-00-00	Jules Verne	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Jules Verne #2044)	2-253-01272-6		237+ [13]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	J. Férat , Charles Barbant
Les Indes noires	1998-05-00	Jules Verne	Librio (Librio #227)	2-277-30227-9	F10.00^?F: French frank	155	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mezzo

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Review [English] by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, October 1962