By Jules Verne
Jules Verne offers us the vintage story of undersea event aboard the Nautilus. while a sea monster starts off attacking ships, the area unites to discover and smash the unknown creature. Monsieur Aronnax joins the struggle and is tossed from his boat to discover himself aboard an awesome vessel. Aronnax's underwater adventures jogging at the ocean ground, pearl diving, and exploring with Captain Nemo has been tailored for younger readers within the Calico Illustrated Classics model of Verne's 20,000 Leagues below the ocean.
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It would seem so,” I said. We looked up Crespo Island on the maps and found it about 1,800 miles from the point we had joined the 45 Nautilus. The island was tiny, but I still looked forward to the opportunity to leave the ship. Nemo met us early the next morning in the big lounge. I asked him why we were having an excursion on an island, considering his feelings about dry land. “The forests we shall visit are not on land, but underwater,” he said. ” I asked. “We will take our oxygen with us,” he said.
Marvelous,” I said. “We’re not through with our tour,” the captain said as he got up. ” I saw that each door and section had watertight bulkheads that could be sealed with rubber gaskets around the edge. Thus if a leak began in one part of the submarine, it could be quickly sealed off. 36 Nemo pointed to an iron ladder in a kind of well between two bulkheads. He told me it led to a small boat they sometimes used to go fishing or just to be out under the sky for a bit. “When I am finished with my little outing, the Nautilus comes to me,” Captain Nemo said.
In the center of the room was a richly set table. 30 31 “Sit,” the captain said as he gestured toward a chair. “You must be hungry. ” I asked. “Yes, the sea furnishes me with everything I need. I never eat the flesh of land animals. What looks like steak,” he said, “is turtle. Dolphin liver is much like stewed pork. ” I tasted everything and found it delicious. ” “Yes, I do,” he replied. “It nourishes me. It also clothes me in cloth made from the filaments of certain shellfish. I write with a pen of whalebone and use ink from cuttlefish.