In Mark Twain’s short adventure tale “Tom Sawyer Abroad”, (1894) Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and their friend Jim travel to Africa in a hot air balloon. While there the trio encounter lions and bandits, while also visiting great wonders of the world like the Pyramids and the Sphinx. A sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the novel is a parody of the adventure stories of Jules Verne.