June 5, 1878 Lisbon received a visitor who seemed to have emerged directly from one of his own Extraordinary Voyages. Jules Verne arrived in the Tagus aboard his yacht Saint-Michel III, coming from Vigo, accompanied by his brother Paul Verne, Jules Hetzel Jr. (son of his iconic publisher), and former French deputy Raoul Duval. He did not come as a rushed tourist. He had two days to experience Lisbon...