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The Man of the Waters IT WAS THE ship's commander who had just spoken. At these words Ned Land stood up quickly. Nearly strangled, the steward staggered out at a signal from his superior; but s…
The Nautilus CAPTAIN NEMO stood up. I followed him. Contrived at the rear of the dining room, a double door opened, and I entered a room whose dimensions equaled the one I had just left. It was a li…
Everything through Electricity "SIR," CAPTAIN NEMO SAID , showing me the instruments hanging on the walls of his stateroom, "these are the devices needed to navigate the Nautilus . Her…
Some Figures A MOMENT LATER we were seated on a couch in the lounge, cigars between our lips. The Captain placed before my eyes a working drawing that gave the ground plan, cross section, and side v…
The Black Current THE PART OF THE planet earth that the seas occupy has been assessed at 3,832,558 square myriameters, hence more than 38,000,000,000 hectares. This liquid mass totals 2,250,000,000 …
An Invitation in Writing THE NEXT DAY , November 9, I woke up only after a long, twelve–hour slumber. Conseil, a creature of habit, came to ask "how master's night went," and to offer …
Strolling the Plains THIS CELL , properly speaking, was the Nautilus's arsenal and wardrobe. Hanging from its walls, a dozen diving outfits were waiting for anybody who wanted to take a stroll.…
An Underwater Forest WE HAD FINALLY arrived on the outskirts of this forest, surely one of the finest in Captain Nemo's immense domains. He regarded it as his own and had laid the same claim to…
Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific BY THE NEXT MORNING , November 18, I was fully recovered from my exhaustion of the day before, and I climbed onto the platform just as the Nautilus's chi…
Vanikoro THIS DREADFUL SIGHT was the first of a whole series of maritime catastrophes that the Nautilus would encounter on its run. When it plied more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked hu…
