''The Mighty Orinoco'' () is a novel by French writer

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

(1828–1905), first published in

1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...

as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires. It tells the story of young Jeanne's journey up the

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

with her protector, Sergeant Martial, in order to find her father, Colonel de Kermor, who disappeared some years before.

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File:'The Mighty Orinoco' by George Roux 39.jpg, An illustration from the novel drawn by George Roux

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* * 1898 French novels French adventure novels French bildungsromans Novels set in Venezuela Novels set on rivers French novels adapted into films Adventure novels adapted into films Novels by Jules Verne {{1890s-adventure-novel-stub