In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. Of all his novels, none is more compelling and thrilling than 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus—commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo—explores both the incredible possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind. The novel stands as science raised to the level of literature and remains a vivid expression of a new era of technological advancement and humanity's place within that world.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Units of Measure
PART ONE
- A Runaway Reef
- The Pros and Cons
- As Master Wishes
- Ned Land
- At Random!
- At Full Steam
- A Whale of Unknown Species
- "Mobilis in Mobili"
- The Tantrums of Ned Land
- The Man of the Waters
- The Nautilus
- Everything Through Electricity
- Some Figures
- The Black Current
- An Invitation in Writing
- Strolling the Plains
- An Underwater Forest
- Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
- Vanikoro
- The Torres Strait
- Some Days Ashore
- The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
- "Aegri Somnia"
- The Coral Realm
PART TWO
- The Indian Ocean
- A New Proposition from Captain Nemo
- A Pearl Worth Ten Million
- The Red Sea
- Arabian Tunnel
- The Greek Islands
- The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
- The Bay of Vigo
- A Lost Continent
- The Underwater Coalfields
- The Sargasso Sea
- Sperm Whales and Baleen Whales
- The Ice Bank
- The South Pole
- Accident or Incident?
- Shortage of Air
- From Cape Horn to the Amazon
- The Devilfish
- The Gulf Stream
- In Latitude 47° 24' and Longitude 17° 28'
- A Mass Execution
- The Last Words of Captain Nemo
- Conclusion
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