Unabridged modern version translated by F. P. Walter with 110 original illustrations.A beautiful edition with 110 images from the 1875 English edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Don't be fooled by other versions that have no illustrations or contain very small print. Reading our edition will make you feel that you are traveling the seas with Captain Nemo himself. Our version has:110 original illustrations.An approved, updated F. P. Walter translation. This translation is generally considered superior to earlier ones by Lewis Page Mercier.Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions.The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original.Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables.First published in French as Vingt mille lieues sous les mers in periodicals in 1870 and the first English version in 1872. It is still considered one of Verne's greatest works as well as one of he earliest science fiction novels. It describes the journey around the world of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, which had been thought a giant monster when first spotted. The description of the Nautilus was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were primitive vessels. The 20,000 leagues referred to in the title is the distance traveled around the world and not the depth and is equal to more than 50,000 miles.
✔ Author(s): Jules Verne,Edouard Riou,Frederick Paul Walter
✔ Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (Illustrated 1875 Edition): F. P. Walter Translation
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (508 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1950435067
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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