Facts about Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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   Narrator Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist, is accompanied by his loyal servant Conseil and the harpooner Ned Land throughout Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

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   Captain Nemo's Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is powered by electricity derived from sodium extracted from seawater.

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   Jules Verne drew on real contemporary marine biology and oceanography to populate Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea with scientifically accurate descriptions of sea creatures.

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   The title's 'twenty thousand leagues' refers to the horizontal distance traveled underwater, not the depth, as the ocean is not nearly that deep.

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   Published in 1870, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea features the iconic submarine Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

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