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The deep-sea exploits of secretive Captain Nemo, embarking on the world's first global vendetta.
When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the "monster" is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues-nearly 50,000 miles-that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne's novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter's reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.
Contents
Translator's Preface
Part I
1. A Runaway Reef
2. The Pros and Cons
3. As Master Wishes
4. Ned Land
5. At Random
6. At Full Steam
7. A Whale of Unknown Species
8. Mobilis in Mobil
9. Ned Land's Temper
10. The Man of the Waters
11. The Nautilus
12. E ntirely by Electricity
13. A Few Figures
14. The Black Tide
15. An Invitation in Writing
16. Strolling the Plains
17. An Underwater Forest
18. 4,000 Leagues Under the Pacific
19. Vanikoro
20. Torres Strait
21. A Few Days Ashore
22. Captain Nemo's Lightning Bolts
23. Ӕgri Somnia
24. The Coral Realm
Part II
25. The Indian Ocean
26. A New Proposition from Captain Nemo
27. A Pearl Worth $2,000,000
28. The Red Sea
29. Arabian Tunnel
30. The Greek Isles
31. The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
32. Vigo Bay
33. A Lost Continent
34. The Underwater Coalfields
35. The Sargasso Sea
36. Sperm Whales and Right Whales
37. The Ice Barrier
38. The South Pole
39. Accident or Incident?
40. Shortage of Air
41. From Cape Horn to the Amazon
42. The Devilfish
43. The Gulf Stream
44. In Latitude 47o 24' and Longitude 17o 28'
45. A Mass Execution
46. Captain Nemo's Last Words
47. Conclusion
Textual Notes
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