# Andrea Debono — Five Weeks in a Balloon character guide

> Andrea Debono in Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Andrea, Debono

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

An Italian explorer mentioned in the context of the Nile.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_weeks_in_a_balloon_se/chapters/iv)

Maltese trader who pushed his journey up the Nile but could not go beyond the impassable limit.

### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_weeks_in_a_balloon_se/chapters/xviii)

His carved initials 'A. D.' on Bengal Island serve as the proof that the river is the Nile.

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