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"An American frigate tracks down a ship-sinking submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo." *** "The voyage of the 'Nautilus' permitted Verne to describe the wonders of an undersea world almost totally unknown to the general public of the period. Indebted to literary tradition for his Atlantis, he made his major innovation in having the submarine completely powered by electricity, although the interest in electrical forces goes back to Poe...
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Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. Published in French as L'Île Mystérieuse in 1874, this novel is a sequel to Verne's earlier Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American...
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"L'Île mystérieuse" de Jules Verne est un roman d'aventure palpitant qui suit un groupe de naufragés sur une île apparemment déserte. Ensemble, ils doivent apprendre à survivre et à explorer leur nouvel environnement, tout en cherchant à résoudre les mystères qui entourent leur présence sur l'île. Au fil de leur aventure, ils découvrent des technologies avancées et des créatures étranges, et finissent par réaliser que leur naufrage...
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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...
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Aboard the Abraham Lincoln, an American frigate, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil assist crew on an expedition in search of a ship-destroying monster. A sudden collision hurls Aronnax, Conseil, and one other crew member into the sea. They find safety on the very menace they had been hunting, which they discover is the futuristic submarine the Nautilus piloted by the enigmatic Captain Nemo-inventor, musician,...
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Les aventures extraordinaires d'un emblématique capitaine, héros romantique en quête d'un apaisement qu'il poursuit sans jamais l'atteindre
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers est un roman d'aventures de Jules Verne, publié en 1870. Il est le sixième de la série des Voyages Extraordinaires; il fait suite aux Enfants du capitaine Grant et se complète par l'Île mystérieuse.
Un monstre marin de proportions gigantesques répand la terreur sur...
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Armed with his wits, his friends, and his Nemotech submarine, a twelve-year-old descendant of Jules Verne's famous antihero must race against the clock to save his kidnapped mother in Quest for the Nautilus: Young Captain Nemo.
Gabriel Nemo has never been your normal, everyday twelve-year-old. As a descendant of the famous Captain Nemo, he's determined to use his Nemotech legacy for good. He and his best friends Peter and Misty spend their days...
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1866. Um medonho monstro marinho tem provocado o terror nos mares e causado sérios danos às ligações transatlânticas. Para tentar capturar o terrífico animal, é enviada uma expedição da qual faz parte o professor Pierre Aronnax, um eminente naturalista especializado em criaturas marinhas. Porém, para sua surpresa, o monstro não é outro senão o Naulitus, um submarino construído pelo enigmático capitão Nemo, que convida o professor e...
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