Noun
autour (plural autours)
Obsolete form of author.
About six sources have been suggested as the origins of the story, as follows: Greek traveller Pausanias (c. 100 AD) wrote a work that was translated into French in 1797 as Voyage autour du monde ("Around the World"). Source: Internet
Verne's friend Jacques Arago had written a very popular Voyage autour du monde in 1853. Source: Internet