From the Earth to the Moon stories of Baron Munchausen and Cyrano de Bergerac. In 1889 Verne wrote a second sequel to the novel, "The Purchase of the North Pole", which has the Gun Club members (led by J. T. Maston) plan to use the "Columbiad" to alter the tilt of the earth to enable the mineral wealth of the Arctic region to be put within reach of exploitation. In March 1953, the Gilberton Company published a comic-book adaptation of "From the Earth to the Moon" as issue No. 105 in its Classics Illustrated series. An unidentified scriptwriter combined Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon"
Jules Verne (crater) one of the few lunar craters that is known by a person's full name rather than the surname. It is also named for a science-fiction author rather than a noted scientist or explorer, as is typical. (But see H. G. Wells.) By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Jules Verne. Jules Verne (crater) Jules Verne is a large lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named after the French author. It is located to the west-southwest of the Mare Ingenii,