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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World

by Jules Verne

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas An Underwater Tour of the World6
Jules Verne7
Translated from the Original French by F. P. Walter Copyright (C) 1999, Frederick Paul Walter.7
Verne's Title8
Color Plates11
Introduction12
Units of Measure16
FIRST PART17
CHAPTER 1 A Runaway Reef17
CHAPTER 2 The Pros and Cons23
CHAPTER 3 As Master Wishes28
CHAPTER 4 Ned Land33
CHAPTER 5 At Random!39
CHAPTER 6 At Full Steam44
CHAPTER 7 A Whale of Unknown Species54
CHAPTER 8 “Mobilis in Mobili”61
CHAPTER 9 The Tantrums of Ned Land69
CHAPTER 10 The Man of the Waters75
CHAPTER 11 The Nautilus83
CHAPTER 12 Everything through Electricity93
CHAPTER 13 Some Figures99
CHAPTER 14 The Black Current105
CHAPTER 15 An Invitation in Writing115
CHAPTER 16 Strolling the Plains122
CHAPTER 17 An Underwater Forest130
CHAPTER 18 Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific136
CHAPTER 19 Vanikoro143
CHAPTER 20 The Torres Strait152
CHAPTER 21 Some Days Ashore159
CHAPTER 22 The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo170
CHAPTER 23 “Aegri Somnia”*182
CHAPTER 24 The Coral Realm190
END OF THE FIRST PART SECOND PART198
CHAPTER 1 The Indian Ocean199
CHAPTER 2 A New Proposition from Captain Nemo207
CHAPTER 3 A Pearl Worth Ten Million216
CHAPTER 4 The Red Sea228
CHAPTER 5 Arabian Tunnel239
CHAPTER 6 The Greek Islands247
CHAPTER 7 The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours257
CHAPTER 8 The Bay of Vigo267
CHAPTER 9 A Lost Continent278
CHAPTER 10 The Underwater Coalfields288
CHAPTER 11 The Sargasso Sea297
CHAPTER 12 Sperm Whales and Baleen Whales305
CHAPTER 13 The Ice Bank316
CHAPTER 14 The South Pole326
CHAPTER 15 Accident or Incident?340
CHAPTER 16 Shortage of Air347
CHAPTER 17 From Cape Horn to the Amazon356
CHAPTER 18 The Devilfish365
CHAPTER 19 The Gulf Stream375
CHAPTER 20 In Latitude 47° 24’ and Longitude 17° 28’385
CHAPTER 21 A Mass Execution392
CHAPTER 22 The Last Words of Captain Nemo400
CHAPTER 23 Conclusion407
END OF THE SECOND PART409
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE411