20,000 Leagues Under the Sea SBN aug 9B: Ages ISN Lo guw: Ga pall Gail!CLASSICS ARABIC-ENGLISH wjulSil / .,yo ALcblil Augilall puna gw 8 20,000 aN Clea Ce 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne/g,3 J5> Illustrations: Francesc Rafols SAsaly Gaga 93 ta guy Gig Logue tgayatl Gait 9G -B plea! O80 j15 AS A Ais gees Bolotl ae sgBLL Uginee Gylall Gye Liab Gly de pall Ladall JOLLY Gye Quer Le angen ian hy sana) Jobical ae hy LAI ELI ye Gasce Gil G3) pais Syne Yy SAY gT Male NL deans! sf ajay Lan ly alll LD Go Ly adn gl SOY AS yee YN gl dales lhe canal fF Guba 5,815 gle Malka gh aagsdall oLiglall wg ga i On8 Use + gly cnet yd te gay GS Lage igual! Gait! walSe Gey .2 tduo gies dauing dant ISBN: 978-9953-69-681-2 OWN cape (G9 nti. Lo slat ASe oa AS pf iy ll RO 2019 1941 aatatt Wo ga iSial UU dey pall asrysS — cay ps +961 ~ 1 - 653 852/7 scusth/ sila e-mail: al_maaref@ hotmail.com / www.daralmaaref.com Gj Dar Al Maaref Bookshop Co. PublishersIndex / ju »gat Chapter 1/ JM) jail! cael to The Mysterious Monster Chapter 2/ (SW) Jrailt {ote es Le After the Monster! Chapter 3/ Gsws asd! 3 laa Captain Nemo Chapter 4/ a1 J) Jraiit hig The Nautilus Chapter 5/ led! frail! Be bE gS tall Hunting in an Undersea Forest Chapter 6/ si | celal le obi da, Some Days Ashore Chapter 7/ Ell! Sail! Boss! seedy 43 SLT Sharks and Giant Oysters Chapter 8/ Wi baal! 43 LS 3 La The Sunken Continent Chapter 9/ en) jell ors) bil 3 og poles Trapped at the South Pole CHARACTERS/ © Lucatettst Conseil / guuigs 6h SU ssh yyy ail pole _— Ke ISB adil » ols ‘ nail gp oveley Pg Ula abut wali gute Lal Professor Aronnax's manservant, He accompanies him everywhere ‘and helps him in the scientific categorisation of animals. He is also a faithful friend. Farragut / 92152 oF a pmell sla! pach abe all oe Hg 9S i Sopa ye : DEY 9 peal cle baths piany lene Ags! > hall Commander in charge of the frigate Abraham Lincoln, seeking the monster narwhal whale. He is an excellent seaman and always determined to fight to the end. Captain Nemo / se43 gitaais OF ASS ple LET eeaSony de S The captain of the Nautilus, we never know who he really is, as his earlier life remains shrouded in mystery; though we do learn about his generosity and wisdom, Pierre Aronnax /uSti9,) stig vie jb gas Professor from the Museum of Natural History in Paris, who is to accompany Captain Nemo in his exploration of the sea bed. He is the one who enjays the journey the most. Ned Land / way 33 Srlna) GES ALS or Ble ped keel sa pail ga ce Sa he al o sda eo pal, JB st -Sbg sh Canadian king of the harpooners; no one is better than him at catching whales. Although impetuous and taciturn, he gets on with Professor Aronnax. Nautilus Crew Members | us1i9i eats +1,21 Oy Gp Sle BN ps A tsp Olea tly i apdels analye parts ysl Olea jeaey Glee yas The men who are to accompany Captain Nemo in his submarine. They helped him to build the Nautilus and their fate is intertwined with that of the captainhe year 1866 is remembered by everyone because of a strange event. Several ships from both Europe and America had, on the high seas, encountered «an enormous thing», long and sometimes phosphorescent, much bigger and faster than a whale. Everyone was talking about it and each person imagined a different monster. The incidents became a serious problem when the ships started to collide with it or even be attacked by it, as happened to the Scotia whose strong sheet iron plates were pierced. Public opinion was inflamed, and soon all maritime accidents were being attributed to the monster. And so people demanded that the creature be got rid of. ch au Wok dati alas im ofl The Mysterious Monste ss 3 Spex ols ss oy sibs ole eel GL, La oh oe bs dg hay Sua panes gett rae oe pore jes E52 oH aldsind Gi. ysl GU he Ui Sl ber Sole ley, gu dl Sal sl Ib dlishy toy Byatt La Bs ya is,an expedition in the frigate Abraham Lincoln, commanded by Commander Farragut, and they invited me to take _ part. | agreed immediately, though | checked with my man Conseil whether he wanted to accompany me, given the dangerous nature of the voyage. This faithful _ young man, thirty years old, who helped me in my work of categorising animals, merely _ feplied «As you please, sir», and started packing the bags. _ The frigate sailed from New York to the cheers of thousands of people. Commander Farragut _ was a good seaman and he had no doubt about the existence of the narwhal. Nor did his crew, ibe dl i BLesesl Lb, AW) BL ce 155 pLal gh SLAY (53565 Ly ar tlyy Sp ted A Gal le GBI S AF GUS 13) Lad glint Sn gasket He bine Ji Sal 4 de st fa eis) Nios BS lly epee ge gal aed pb lee ob lel Hb Jo SLT wll sl (ee Oe Sans Digg ye LE opal Jota! ots tt 5 GY oLLa Be py he LL, eyes Dlasll pol ogy gf ELs gu) Apes een) cot fl Las Vy e Aronnat, French ] fessor at the Natural History i Meaty of Paris, had just retumed to New York from a ientific expedition. As| had published a book about the _ mysteries of the ocean depths, the press wanted to know my opinion, and | stated that it had to be a marine creature of enormous power, whether a creature from the depths as yet unknown to us, or a giant narwhal, for the narwhal has an extremely long sharp tusk, as hard as steel. Others were of the opinion that it was a submarine, but no government had built one. Finally, in order to safeguard maritime communications, the US government organised ts lp Cas at cel el tse oe ot! 658 She ek Hgsle Eb oe Aysissin Us Sp ib eos Le, Ob a atl Lach of te Al Gye Sa) G2) AOR UN ey BA ON AE OL gal Go Gee Ol ti aul HDY Voges ig Y dlc yo Uh OW LS yy SL Os AT GY Gis Gale SY pals thoy EGU a gb As Us 65 UI 2s OS, wybplans ghislLoe bla ee esl ENO AT Lay SES SLY Lays«l've hunted and killed a lot of cetaceans: whales, cachalots and narwhals. And not even the most powerful could break through the iron cladding of a ship», he told me one day. «But if this creature lives in the depths of the ocean, it has to have a tough body to withstand the pressure of the water», | replied. «Just think that we, right now, are withstanding air pressure of 17,568 kilograms. In the water at 10,000 metres, it would be a thousand times greater, and we would not be able to stand those 17,568,000 kg; we would be crushed. That's why | say that a giant marine creature living at a great depth must be so hard that it would destroy a ship peel os, Shy FE Syed sel skedl 5 Sys! Gab St) aphid Lal, (35 5 I ALY Goto! 5425) GL OS 13] 4505 — pre SB dB Shot Geo Gphet \ios Bie Os% SI os del e ne) bas OV El sad ah (517,568 No bees «610.000 glass! le eslall 3 OS eat at OS Os ole Gl 8 gt AL, ‘p2SIT.568.000 has [ins 4 Oy dja] es Gn Les! & a coe Wis expectantly scanning the ocean, additionally enthused by the 2,000-dollar prize offered to whoever spotted the creature. The only person who showed no interest was my man Conseil. The Abraham Lincoln was equipped with a big gun in the bow, but the best thing it had was the presence of Ned Land, the king of the harpooners. This forty-year old Canadian, tall and strong, had no equal when it came to firing a harpoon at whales Ned and | got on well, as we both-spoke French, and | loved hearing about his adventures in the polar seas. Ned was the only one who did not believe that it was a cetacean which was attacking the ships. bag ed We ay OlSy Gyles J ex yet a él aes vw i dog! eee (Las 3S ot 5B plac! rol Sed lal ale fl = se5 65. Al algal : less! glia thle sy wy roll ge MU BW as lil de os ite oa Leo) le L555 pu NI Ls play le 4s, UI aby co eeThe crew were excited, and any sighting of a whale almost caused a riot. Nonetheless, for six months, the Abraham Lincoln ploughed through the South Pacific without finding anything. Discouragement took hold of everybody. Only Farragut insisted on going on, and asked for three days’ grace before turning back. Two days went by, and nothing. On the night of the third day, Ned shouted «Ahoy, there is what we are seeking!» My heart was beating fit to burst. In the middle of the darkness of the night, we saw the monster, partly submerged, with an intense light in the shape of a huge elongated oval. igpmtonsh pill! 5131 Ls eyed pole I do ped le ay os cal aoe aL, AL : peloh be wl oe 5 599 teal gl reall gt SJ buoy! clei tt des 3 (Spl bn By eral tbs ola Y te 3 ei Bye) 8 pi a Ups (er tt Vy Olay pe Cle Glas tS pol oy oo LS byes el LL dishes pee Chapter 2/ 30a oa | (yao ght hay Le After the Monster! fter two months sailing down the east coast of South America, the frigate reached Cape Horn and sailed into the Pacific Ocean. In all that time we had not seen the alleged monster. Commander Farragut decided to head out into the open sea, where the water is at its deepest, and made for the China Seas. At last we were in the area where the monster had been last seen! Be gle! G oie Le Spo itil pela Job be a bey ay pel ol) Spel pb ye Ge, AUS Digby wtsstall bona pe es Syl ap rSel ep tlsin Low 555 be cpt 5 2% ol A Es aes LO AS Jpshy geal bby ol Ge dl dat Se Lae)The frigate approached it, and | calculated that it was some 75 metres in length. It shot out two jets of steam and water, and this made me certain that it was a cetacean. Commander Farragut ordered the boat forward full speed ahead towards the animal, but it fled at top speed. Nothing was gained by firing the gun at it, for the bullet skidded along its hard body. The chase was resumed, although it was useless; the animal ran more than us. Night came, and we did not see it any more. All of a sudden, the electrical light reappeared. The narwhal was motionless; perhaps it was sleeping. The y frigate approached it slowly So as not to wake it, and fired his harpoon bts U5 otal Gill (2 5 dpb, i es, ysl Bs BS Hg ott le alee roselas ial ob eas sb asl USS lp cledl Ge am Gall G4 yo Sob] 3 Et oe ay ie Ut pe) SayLbe ae I Oped! OY hiss 52 Guts él! de Le Ei ats je Hes OU Le 455 au OSs de Se Eth 2S 5th OS L635 Be bys Syed ALE wl L. 6 3b Las Suddenly, the electrical monster launched itself at us, and Commander Farragut gave the order to reverse engines, turn and retreat at high speed. | was surprised that we were fleeing rather than attacking, and Farragut explained: «| don’t want to risk the ship in the middle of the darkness. We shall wait until daybreak to attack.» Towards midnight, the monster ‘went out’ and we heard a hiss like a jet of water from a waterspout. When it grew light, Ned Land once again saw in the mist that blackish body, emerging one metre above the sea, its tail creating an eddy. Jbl 5g) Geo gil GAS) dhs oe dota hsb 35 clas, dale dey Gieally ee’ Ste YG Lia LY 10s gl 5b ao ied Sp bi aS pbs Ol Le eps) bas cole es Jen (SU wie Le PRIS Lice had exo g hie be rh sn lj (ELI Ub Lede lal pi sl Be Le Lo 3 al US Lae. eee jaely Algo Clog ae ols we oe [aSeveral hours passed, and | was so exhausted that | couldn't go on. Conseil shouted «Help!», and we thought we heard a reply. Was it another shipwrecked soul, or a lifeboat? My exhausted body collided with something hard. | felt myself rising to the surface and then | fainted. When | opened my eyes, | saw, right next to me... Ned! He related that on falling into the water he had immediately found a floating islet. «We are on top of our narwhal, but it is made of steel!» said Ned | tested the metal plates which were joined together in the shape of a fish, and | had to accept that itwas a machine made by man! €355 ble ie Le Hie» 1 tay che gal Je ip Sib UT LEB, clbedlly gL sSo BF b4) G3 dS 15) bags Silos GG I ot tty Gall ga pllacl, aol =e ope) le Gb Sis 63 obs ol) Cah gee Ed Like ty als le cold) $ bi bbe Jj] IL Posi ea és)ilae wh te Bes - by OLS toy oS ie ol dt GL IN! Col Bae JR gle hes tat id: asst of Cay bts cles We heard a dryish noise and the electric light went out. Then two enormous waterspouts hit the frigate, toppling crewmen, There was a frightening collision and | fell into the sea. As | swam, | saw that the frigate was going further away. My clothes were weighing me down, and | was sinking. | was almost drowning when | felt | was being seized. It was my faithful Conseil, who had jumped into the sea to save me. He told me that the ship’s propeller was broken. We were done for! Consei) removed my clothes and we took turns to swim while pulling the other along. jelce, GE oe tie ALE Jl oj 3 . dtl 4SI Lis Noo stay obj gL 3 pola ALA OSs op SU! sal speed gb bi as ol Cal pt Ge Gls, Jos Gand 1G TBE BoM Op et bis elt oy bie Le ole 4s ols eee js gi se glnigSt 2 Jal as tH Iles id oe gt bl te LassThey wore caps, boots and loose-fitting suits. One was short and muscular, with black hair and a moustache. The other was tall, with a broad forehead and a firm, calm gaze. He would have been about my own age, around forty. It was clear that he was in command of the craft. He inspected us carefully and said something to the other man ina language unknown to us. | explained our situation in French. The leader listened, but said nothing. | asked Ned to tell him in English. He added to the story that he was not pleased at being kidnapped, and that we were hungry. dell joa BIS Lebel co 4S) Ol Noes eee b dela ob Os BNI LT ob La tee ae ; coll ae Le oll Ladi ii NN LS ole PM Jo NE 2 dG aly tall — nw ually bros op ess Law ol a ob Ob cian fp Cth ol SUE ey cay Chapter 3/ G5) Juaati 908 Gllaal Captain Nemo thought that if it were a submarine craft, it would have an engine, and someone inside, and so we were saved. Suddenly, the craft moved very quickly, and we had to hold on to a big metal ring. When the submarine began to dive, Ned called out, and it stopped. We heard bolts being drawn back, one of the steel plates was raised, and a man appeared, surprised to see us. Two more came out, and they shut us up in a dark place. Later, they put lights on and two men came in. bis dis Il bb & Ui as tgs dag Ab eto df, tpn buy: | gE lL Say Lglels Bee Att Stu des toi chi, Uke aps EB 5 con Cle io ytd Aas CoS ENN jall Lea jab Lp LN Ge Es) a Le} Lee Ls IL, pl OI 3 UL pe Be ale LU Ley OE)On waking, Ned complained of hunger, and about being shut up; he was afraid they might be cannibals. Conseil thought that they might add us to the crew, and | thought that if they wanted to keep the secret of their craft, they would not let us go. «lf we can’t flee, then we shall throw them off and become masters of the submarine, «said Ned. | asked him to be patient so as not to make things worse. Hunger was making Ned angrier, and he did not cease calling for food; but the silence was total. Suddenly, the door opened, and once again the steward appeared. oF by Se Bl Blas YI cee ijl! ot] dbs eye DST to 15,8 OF Lak als (gliigSy Lely 23) Ia piled) J Ware Ld, wel Wah T 13 rel eS La OF PB rete py BLE bls Liye lg let ge tp Ses x a ~~ ls ee as ots JLB ~ Leljall Gi oe pally cleat Ln Gelb Corll Obs step Spe Slaps Y iB pli Lae psi en Lee 3 pl QW steal of fa Glog Laks bls Cell 130 igs Ce atl 5 4b, SLT They appeared not to understand us, so Conseil offered to tell them in German, and | tried in Latin, but the two men departed without another word. Ned got furious and we tried to calm him down. Fortunately a steward brought us clothing and food. | was surprised to see that the plates and the cutlery bore the initial N. After eating, we fell asleep. When we awoke, we were still enclosed in our steel cell, and | realised that it was becorning hard for me to breathe. Suddenly, a sea breeze came in through an air vent above the door at the same time as | felt moderate rolling, It was clear that the steel monster had surfaced to take the air. ii) gle | cage gb tS aay Ele gla sl i 2S) gs CI les (Sy Cae ces clodl oS 3 Slew, fbi, ppl ALS Slyoly GLE ST CLL, (0) G pod pad Els pl GAbi cplaall Jj dy fy pido UIs YS tbl Lense UG Synty BBY a Lal; 2 of eA) 2b wel be pls ntl sys wll G4 as ios ay ols. Juans Oy pdy Syd caste 38 ols GY pa) Bo sl a ‘elgl Ae ce te ib~ «And so you have pursued me across all those seas? And attacked me with bullets and harpoons?” «We thought it was a monster which was disrupting the ocean traffic.” «And you wouldn't have pursued a submarine in the same way? At first | wasn't sure whether to pick yOu up or cast you into the sea.» «That would hardly be civilised behaviour,» | answered him. «| have severed my links with society and its laws. | do not obey its rules.» He said this with such anger in his eyes, that | sensed a tragic past in his life, and | saw in him a free soul, outside the laws of humanity. OSS Be iY HU, AL ites ley Hues Sclepls -. > poe Le, of EE at shred 5 yy yll er Lelge Liesd 34, - sLSblidl gle SIs 5 Le Ske ol es Se wll OS Mia of - ee ee Ge del Jed Y UL, weal dy aoe do Bl Cail, AL UL (ab bye bent Ned jumped on him and grabbed him by the neck. Conseil and | were trying to separate them when we heard, in French: «Calm down and be so kind as to listen to me!» The person speaking was the captain of the ship. Ned let go of the steward, who, at a sign from his master, left. The captain said: «lspeak French, English, German and Latin, but | wanted to meet you first and make sure that you were not deceiving me, before deciding what to do with you. Now that you have met __ me, | who have broken off all ties with humanity, and you have disrupted my existence, you are my enemies.» «We didn’t want to annoy you,» | said. oe Shh ol in 5a UL Gls Beis te ee we al cB a ae tall peel, GLI ES, lanl Gis Bie) 2 th oe wo lal CB aay tw bps GLH] Lee es ill Law) GLI ile ial lly did GEM, PHI, EEG aly AALS al of S31 iss PeBs LS ALS. 8th ay PLS Gee Le jill Ot lel 5! i, oi, oe Slap Js Cab sil UT Spb Wiszels a SLAY ple LSI SUD, athe«How do | address you?» «Captain Nemo, and you are passengers on board the Nautilus.» The captain now invited Ned and Conseil to go to their cabin, where a meal awaited them, and me, he invited to eat with him in a tastefully furnished room. Everything that | sekbuet cis DUS, Lab ce gagin SLE, sesh yin te Ne @GLeigSng win SY Glew Led dim egies J) LAW ul Ut clas las 3 ley Gls 3 4s pla Jj} les Lis dso. C8) GH Daye Lis tasted was good, and came, as he explained to me, from the depths of the sea. «The sea provides me with all. This which you think is meat is in fact fillets from the sea turtle, and that, which is like pork, is in fact dolphin. Our clothes are made out of molluscs, and the mattresses frorn eelgrass. The sea is everything! And it does not belong to the powerful. Here | am free!» aogl OS Lily (id 5a L. poll GLsh Wee ret BS Be peut BLS pet ats ps gil PIES Se BI i ell AS 58 Ly Gp Lady Bi GEE 5 gh Se pally EN os 15 ae Pals Bp pl Ll La ls a Y wéeuie «ln the end,» he continued «1 have decided to set you free on board my ship, but only as long as you agree that at times | will lock you up so you don’t see what you should not see.» «We agree,» | replied «but, may we not return home?» «No, for you now know a secret that no one must find out. However, Professor, | have read your book, and | can assure you that you will not regret remaining on board, for you will see wonders that no one has seen. | shall make another journey through the underwater world and you shall be my study companion.» This so attracted me that for a moment, | felt lucky to be there. Bf 555 Ld ast al! 5 Aoi be de SSI SHH of le Lal $ LS be 35) leN paw go Lakile ual ag Vile Uy SI ctl lai ys Bos GLb (Hoop all Le VI dpy oli gs OW LEY ols by whol Bes Yo doy Bees RepCe Cure sii be gle elas sal Gye Jo] ig a cles ee plu pe gslib» sell ble 0,5 Ol ay ed 3 as gislounge, which was in ct a genuine museum. There ere paintings and sculptures of incalculable worth «What about these composers?» | said, pointing to a quantity of sheet music lying on a pial 2 . «Those composers are as dead as | am; they keep me company,» he replied. _ lalso noticed the marine rarities that there were. In the middle of the lounge there was an enormous shell which acted as a basin for a jet of water. eso joe oe eh (| Se bl ote iw. oe «gk! Gyo Labs Ei ye Ell gets Veh Of - Shs Gils Sl 43 pl Gbiz OLA ts aisle hapter Al est owghigs The Nautilus aptain Nemo invited me to C see over the Nautilus. The adjoining room was the library. Its shelves were full of books, comfortable couches and movable reading stands made for easy reading. «| am amazed by this library, » I said. «There are 12,000 books, and they are my only connection to the Earth The world stopped for me the first time the Nautilus cle Gp bla _3b5 od teal] Cals da el i digtiey Gout SSL ay hed Ce (AS toca sel al 32h al bleh Rae Ul cone ces «oS 12000 Sa _ OQ cg] te gL ab se shis Gh+ JS Lee«They control the electricity, the only energy that moves the ship. | also get light and heat from it. | get the electricity through sodium, for as you know, salt abounds in the oceans.» «What about air to breathe?» «| take the ship up to the surface whenever | like. Additionally, using electricity | : me the rest of e the rooms wer divide ASU) cL gS GES Lgl Les iN Dod oh Se Billy ep iall cle Leal FT le dpe) QS Le LS cp 549 pall Geb ope ob eSU) ae eo JA fled en b5s8 Call, All around, in glass cases, were many marine species: octopuses and echinoderms, : «All the you see before you | collected from the seas | have sailed,» he said, «( feel full of admiration, and Curiosity about what powers the where | keep the vigation instruments. There are also some here in the lounge: the compass, a barometer, a sextant. With this manometer | can see the water pressure and the depth we are at» he stated. «What about those devices roll gle Vg ced StS, 45 ou ; oOLgY bLecall AI5UL, 2 gl typ Bhar Aol ais Le 38 by- OB — te) Speed all ole Ltn! tte oh et - Nw neee FAIL ps es lt ol SE PUD Pe A (e pees ae Lal aud AMT pee AS che ll od Slee eplel| ie bL, Glall bas jell of 6 as i GS el BV Lb be isa«The ship is cylindrical in shape with conical ends, and it has two hulls which make it very strong. It is 70 metres long and at its widest point, 8 metres wide. It has huge tanks which | fill with water when | want to submerge, and if | wish to rise to the surface, | expel the water forcefully. The person controlling the rudder is inside a glass cabin in the upper part of the Nautilus, and can see through the underwater darkness by means of an extremely powerful electric reflector, capable of lighting up toa kilometre distant.” «Now | understand the phosphorescent light of the imagined narwhal. And did you attack those ships?» | asked. «Accidental collisions.» by JRE i tt ba Lemley Se Lily ibs Bs dss J 70 lb fie tg Lad 8 Lge oy! Lg Lill Lis Sue Uw, Bhs yapel of dt Lene Lull tees J play) 3 C33, il ps BO) aga tL EST Bpaie Joh Spey Bul po oo Gl opel gS Leek) ot 6A Sry cc ephsin fe ell Gos Ul Jats REY E55 Bh aS Sle Gab Ws te HLL Le 2 pels Eel all C52 OY CHterle thas J erittl pod) dL. teh ells 25 lubes! - In the galley everything ran on electricity, including a device for distilling sea water for drinking purposes. We went on into the engine room, and there | was able to see the machinery which produced ~. the electricity, and the engine ~ which transmitted movement to ‘the propeller. According to the captain, the Nautilus was capable of reaching 100 kilometres per hour. «And how do you see where it is going ? How does the ship withstand the pressure of the water, and how does it rise to the surface?» asked. «Come with me to the lounge and | shall tell you.» os eel ak tly et Is Jas fe je Jb od Ly el SI sept pel ole his Ess NG, ei as be. A otstell shales le fo idl Spal) Gl gS Bes (5 des poll NAS a fy ES cylin SLs olka 100 dt) GoUsy! le Sal lal 36 ob GI ci as; oot) HS Sy Sol yll BRS iL. feb aa)Chapter 5/ yuma leet!) Juouait! Ag preg ALS 8 ual! Hunting in an Undersea Forest C aptain Nemo announced that we were commencing our voyage. «We shall go up to the surface to establish our starting point.» He pressed an electric bell and the pumps began to discharge - water from the tanks as we rose. We then went outside up a central staircase. | looked at the calm sea and the clear blue sky. The captain measured the latitude with a sextant. We went back down to the lounge. Us US apes OL tel Nose la tg oli Labs lig bis ot the! & oe ead Las ad Lnegb Llp Spb G5» 68 Sle sath Sy cteslll poe cll | SLbw ols Lill! 5,3 tll OT ably, el Ge DLall J bes «Your Nautilus is marvellous.» «Yes, and | love it with great passion,» he confessed. «lf sailing on the seas is dangerous, here below there is nothing to fear; there are no storms, and the boat being made of steel, it cannot burn.» «You're an engineer then, are you?» «Yes, | studied in London, Paris and New York.» «And how did you manage to build the ship in secret?» «| had it built piecemeal in different locations, and then with my faithful Nautilus companions, assembled it on a deserted island at my workshop, which | then destroyed.» «Are you, then, a rich man?» «infinitely so.» His answer left me intrigued. F tas Gly LoL «+ gh giv O eG, oct oe SLLYI ols 5) - SUG, 337 VeJaod 3 cls phe sled! Sh VG 5 ol ket Spe He tat Katy iol gal pod FES Y GY al Gels tlt f5) pags CHT Oi (3 Ee ad Jet - Ayes pie lids IS cng LES cll «Las 85 Sis) cast fe CFWhat a sight! Many and varied coloured fishes swam on the other side of the glass panes. Then suddenly the lights in the lounge came on again and the steel panels closed, concealing the window. | did not see the captain again that afternoon, nor on the days following. The three of us were worried, when | received a note from him in which he invited us to go hunting in the forests of Crespo Island. Ned wanted to grab the chance to escape, but when we looked at the map, we saw this island was in the middle of the ocean. Ss a s bro Ulyl ede ge UL CAS LgLalI SLAY yo degizey iil fe A lt I) Bren roseaies eel, +o so ALO Bb Asya oid web dey og ol 5 Olea sf gl “ | ALY Ba pel OS sell led bye UL Gra bee SUE 3 aval) Opes Le all plakl too Sif db pl | Lj Lets 3S, £5 Cis spl ib Lhe, shel boy «Today, 8th November, at midday, 300 nautical miles off the coast of Japan, begins our voyage of underwater exploration, direction north west,» he announced. «Now if you will excuse me, | shall take my leave of you.» I stood there thinking about this mysterious captain. Soon afterwards, Conseil and Ned arrived, and they were astounded by the wonders on display in the lounge. Suddenly, the light went out; a sliding sound was audible, and then, through panes of glass, there appeared before our eyes the sea bed, all illuminated. parakeet cds Bay ANS Ge fee 300 cL gil ee ee deSh ell Gos GLUES ONL, GT al Jl fo ae ce c| (ia 5 551 SUA Cs, sey ls Ly eel OL suing igh des SH y+ gp Us, les alc! 3 15 sal Ope ee 3 cae DS ee i ge BY cbse pLol gb cle HH cli ols teas ol BGsurface, and in and out of them, minnows swam. The floor continued to slope downwards, and at 150 metres, the sunlight no longer penetrated. Captain Nemo lit his lantern and we did the same. We saw that there were now no plants on the sea bed, but there were many fishes and molluscs. On reaching a granite cliff, we turned back. On the way back, the captain shot a sea otter, and shortly after that, he pushed me powerfully to the ground, and | saw that a shark was passing overhead. At last we returned to the Nautilus, tired but fascinated by what we had seen. Ages y Lebel ee, Jy ale das Ls 50 ols SUe a ah ty eal atl Las Ses cate ae) cLidly de ae Bu as SOY, Kasal SS 3 St oI) Jpeg Les ols JL ssloall cel] WE ashe pe Bia GIEl asa Ree es tele g 1S te 5S Ae i dy vss cule “255 ie deh a8 bo Hs Cis SS, ea — it ae te eo The captain explained to me that the forests were underwater ones, and he gave us diving suits. We donned these waterproof rubber suits and helmets, together with an oxygen device on our backs, and a lantern at our waists. In order to hunt, they gave us compressed-air rifles. Ned did not want to come. The ship was at a depth of 10 metres, and we got to the sea bed from a watertight compartment which filled up with water before an external door opened Once outside it, we no longer felt the weight of the suits, and walked over some fine sand full of molluscs, After crossing a prairie of algae we reached the forest, which lay at a depth of 100 metres. The branches all rose up, towards the : es ous o} Olbd J asi a ale Coss Els SLI a Lani bibs sgduls 5 ke by de wide Lygat Us Cae oe AB, Lbs] tall st tes ose, gaa hal cls tes oi feaces Je Ads Se el lal tee OL Nig RB Het JLo a le ts, Lge Ry eeu Fane) Ti Liles tall 5» Uy oe 2° a o spss 100Chapter 6/ gu ateud! fuaat) (plali le ply Aas Some Days Ashore By the 2nd of January we found ourselves in the dangerous waterways of the Coral Sea, off the north-west coast of Australia. Captain Nemo wanted to get to the Indian Ocean through the Torres Straits, which are very difficult to navigate because of the coral reefs. He would direct the manoeuvres personally. Suddenly, the Nautilus struck a coral reef and came to a halt. Captain Nemo calmly said to me: «ln five days’ time there will be a full moon, and the high tide will refloat the ship.» Ned and Conseil then conceived the notion of going ashore, and to my surprise, the captain agreed to this. fae bey ele 2 aes pl Bp cs LAL lp oS 2A Je UG «sts ety gilt Del cpetn SLaaI Sif ete pe gig! hell centall Sp SUS ily cape gin wey de GLY) He Of acle bls 48 eek a testis oa a ay o idle pay sels Coan Ullal gu Ose i & gga Eos 5Seu apety ds sual tbls Gl will bs ests Ee bedd gles gSng bin 3515 oe oe blag G Gals Lise | i |: the morning | watched the sailors of the Nautilus hauling in their fishing nets which they had left out during the night. They gathered up all kinds of fish. Inside the submarine, the steel panels in the lounge were opened for several hours, and we were enchanted to watch so much life in the water. We were sailing through the Pacific islands, and one day we saw a sunken ship and its drowned passengers. We were horrified by this recent shipwreck. LA, SdaLs scl Bee oye ely sLagS3 45 Los Coll eel (pees ge Ai a ye Cll eas oll Jeb woeLJ Glall 3 SY a ES LAL Gy pee US US atl 3 Ol sl S18 sigalg hell 532 ps mas ode ts pball Lyse 15 LS)The next day we went back to the island and explored the west side. We saw brilliant red parrots and many birds of paradise. The Malays catch them with traps. but we could not use these. However, with one shot, Conseil brought down two pigeons which we plucked and roasted. Afterwards Ned managed to catch a wild pig and several kangaroos. That evening, our dinner on the beach was of such a succulent nature that Ned and Conseil proposed staying on the island, but just then, we were assailed by a hail of stones and arrows. Natives were coming out of the wood. ay ke ea poll ake & alae elle es PE Ugigollates Oy Jat! OS Upslias al ype i Sas ¢S Liss GpBei Gloly Lilley eae Dial pn aye a) LAL ty Le, Ls sibs! os ain g Ses Ls bes Gy iby ate Geile ob GL eus ohn Of Ge bgt Eb le al Lal slays ego US 25h Gp Bledl Ge pl) Lee ’ OEM Geils ar He must have thought that we would not escape among the indigenous tribes of New Guinea - they were cannibals. They gave us the canoe, and, armed with rifles and axes, we rowed ashore. Ned was happy, thinking about eating meat again. We disembarked on a sandy beach. Here there were enormous trees; ficus, teak, palms, and on the ground, ferns and orchids. Ned spotted a coconut palm, and the milk from one of the nuts had an exquisite taste for us. We also collected bananas, mangoes and other fruits, and took them back to the Nautilus. eC ee os aay Lae ees ea oe f oe be dl BIS Gtdb De a asi ee| web gos LS coeoealls oo Se de ab als oe be pyelll Jule Sta Cals gles oS we sch soll jt Ae BLA Eas oN! Jeg sll, PRES TAt ES)) Eg! 554 Bet Ly Ls Gab Lilt ws] Cb ls, Cail Like sl) 2 SY GLI SAN Slay cpablally 5p oll egeghdgin i] Lathes 6He assured me that the following day the high tide would refloat the Nautilus and we would be able to continue our voyage. When the time came, Captain Nemo opened the panels,and | was afraid that the natives would get into the ship. But he led me to the companionway, and | saw that whenever a native touched the handrail, an electrical charge made them fall back. The Nautilus began to move with the tide, and we came out of the strait. We reached the Indian Ocean, and for a few days, Captain Nemo allowed me to join him in his experiments on the different temperatures and quantity of salt in the seas. One day when | went up on the platform, I'saw the captain and the chief officer looking anxiously tales Ebel ys le ded! As Lg Le Late Of AS} Etsy et tM! cyan EAN OLN Obl yell Poy Sets gil jes gi Ed spl He Ly pd Lls elas Labs tA lel a Spee ca phiyn Gh peed! Ge Lb sd ul sill bol i Clos, Cece : cagslos 55 a as eg gt Chl LS yes Gl ns Lode in Sls 45 We ran for the canoe, and by the time they got to the water's edge, yelling, we were already reaching the Nautilus. In the lounge, the captain was playing the piano, and | told him about the dangerous the savages. «And are these people you refer to as savages any worse than anyone else?» «But, captain, they are attacking us,» | said. «Pray be calm, the Nautilus does not fear any attack.» And he went on playing the piano. The next morning, | saw many more natives along the shore. They were Papuans, with bones dangling from their ears. They approached the Nautilus in canoes and fired arrows. | told the captain, but all he did was close the steel panels. 85 «5555 Ll L255 Ips 15 Gls ol ee taatyle olal LL dee as tortion | Clos is es bLbal SLs 53 5 Gat lal A sll pe Sins Gil Vp ey te - ee ES Nt os TT pate GI id obs Ug 3d Le Bee tBSY egeplsyn df dh lel cle Sal tg Sah SE ppl cle lef obl tl gs pth poll oe 15S pb Jb lt Bs lis ALi! oils See) tobi LSI ple tdl Op abhi Lol, Gj » ales Ls 3S) coLba.dll oy | iChapter 7/ astutt juaat! Meat! yleatlg tat Slew! Sharks and Giant Oysters oO February 28th we were off the coast of Ceylon, and the captain suggested | might like to visit a pearl fishery. «ln March hundreds of boats gather here, with fishermen who dive 12 metres with a stone between their feet. In 30 seconds they have to gather all the oysters they can.» «They still use that primitive method?» «Yes, even though the fishing boats belong to the most industrialized country in the world: England. del is US 5 288 aslo aaa ele SAT SU apa Keely Oe Hs Ces ule gt Spoil gates) 5 LA oa Slee Ny dee 12 Op 0 3s BS Lat te Dey peel be fps BG IS Gr pate syleea Te ois Opaden Olly VL Sagat aly B OT bye ESI le cst eta SY DU 5 5 esl JAS hall 3 towards the horizon. | went for a perspective glass, but the captain took it from me and requested that my companions and | agree to be confined for a time. | could not refuse, and they took us to the cell. They gave us food and then we fell into a drug-induced sleep. Daybreak came, and the captain asked me if | was a doctor, and if | could help one of his men I went with him, and saw that the sailor had a blood-soaked bandage round his head. | examined him and said that he could not be saved. Tears glistened in the captain's eyes. Dressed in diving suits, we all went to the bottom of the ocean and in a coral grove they dug his tomb. It was a cemetery! When we returned | said to the captain: «At least your dead sleep peacefully, away from the sharks.» «From sharks and men,» he answered me. eis cs aS) OL Bf le «iy UT a Ho] ee Ligpldl «255i eel a plab Uykel dala st J) alas pr talc Sled ses peal GOT als iy Lb ds yh iL, wiley go poly Bel Bip fel oles es Oye BLitdlly atl (3 Gye aSgN eG, Ce +, old Le £555 26 GLa] oe cova! (LG that List ee west ole Gy cylny De os Ge VepceeSl bls Olea C45 bbe Lane fo Obs [GMI (le - oul jo fog Wy eeput on our diving suits. As the first rays of sunlight appeared, we entered the water. We were 5 metres down and we soon reached the oyster bank. Ned collected some. The captain then took us to a grotto, where we saw a giant oyster 2 metres wide. He inspected the condition of the pearl and did not let me touch it. |understood then that he was letting it grow, and that it was his. We returned to the oyster bank and we saw an oyster fisherman diving. At every dive he only gathered a dozen, as he had to pull them clear. And many of them would not even have a pearl inside! Suddenly, a shark went straight for him. The fisherman ped its teeth, but not the blow from its tail. Lites. p25 Sl ol} Lid stds CAN ts ae wll 5 par le Us Leal! tLe. Joel S55 HI tas Le ty ieee cL all 2 tr Boles ies Gals de hah SUI OL BE pee Os Fl dy has es BLAS Gye, a5 eS Lily Glad das | Le olsy Beye ale dts LY dla ebes HAY yb 52s Btls 5K eS il sleet tye Sissel Bb The health of these men i damaged quickly, and all for just one dollar a week.» «How little, for those poor people who make their employers rich!» | exclaimed. When | told Ned and Conseil, Ned asked me exactly what a pearl was. «Oysters and other molluscs secrete mother-of-pearl, a bluish substance, and if there is a small, hard object, as it might be a grain of sand, the mother-of- pearl accumulates around it and forms the pearl,» | told him. Before dawn, we all went up into the canoe to head for the Gulf of Manaar, and there we Ey were 48 yes Nee o hy seb Ne Jey ah 4s, de iol Ze hh Hdl a ys f5— Uo glenigSry wn ps) Lace etal shh £55 35 L eam tle all GAN EU Ey jaa By BL Ll ll Gps 5 ld Sate tet ULE US bf, Sip Sb J 05 Bas 346,51 BSa5 ~ishsU Jay Ue 4515 sh ets caper MLS) «Sal ee oe colar oe oN Gy! wT aTBack aboard the Nautilus, the captain thanked Ned for saving him, and | praised the captain for his humane compassion. «That man belongs to the nation of the oppressed, and |, until my last breath, shall be of that nation,» he answered me. The Nautilus continued its voyage and entered the Red Sea. We enjoyed looking at the sponges, jellyfish and squid. | wanted to know why the captain was taking us into this sea which had no exit, for the Suez Canal had not been finished, and we were surprised to learn that he had discovered a tunnel 50 metres below water which joined the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. 5h oe SL Le SASL, tLe BI BY ey dual icy) able le ole ill Bh 85 he GL ts Se I Oy hb HS BOSS eee B cael a dle, psig Ladi baste ut pa VI peel o Leo, co betsy ey Ly Os Lal Spel oI 5) GL, ceed LS) LAL OL BERINGER Y gill toll ee Ss ts TI ethe 4 3 sill, celal os 650 Gay las AN pay 2 pal ew dats yall The shark returned, and was ready to snap him up when Captain Nemo plunged his dagger into its stomach. The sea was dyed red with blood, and | could make out the captain, holding on to a fin and stabbing the creature, which thrashed about and ended by weighing the captain down. Then Ned shot his harpoon straight into the creature's heart and it died. The captain cut the rope tying the fisherman to the stone, and took him up to the surface. On the fisherman's boat, we were able to revive him with massages. What a surprise the poor man would have had to see four strange figures in helmets, and to receive a little bag of pearls from the captain! cde CAS 6b She Sole Sled $6 Like Ags ol gL, & | giles 2 bp see (poy Ethel, eM ob pal SS, | deel CRG Olea att a bs ci Gs Ets OS oe coca chin GILT 5 5 5 JEN ou GB GN) I jo Eth Soy Gib fe La abs atl jos Babyy polly Seal Sly Ab glial bi95 hy fe bs A Gob dep te ls ia nee Sls ie oa. ol oe de Uy as 2 tall tsChapter 8/ Guolit) Juuasts Ag lan 3 lan The Sunken Continent ne day off Crete when | was watching the fishes through the glass, | saw a diver. The captain made a sign to him and he disappeared. Then Captain Nemo opened a piece of furniture, took out - several gold ingots and put é st, which he gave and they launched noe. Two hours later they retuned, To whom could they fen all that gold? eon Bae US opps Ly SN Ist aj) Lie fil’ SCAG De Js | \y-bei Captain Nemo invited me to accompany him to the wheelhouse, as he was going to steer the ship. The waters of the sea were very strong in the tunnel, and the torrent swiftly carried the Nautilus into the Mediterranean. Once Ned knew where we were, he once again proposed escaping. | did not want to hinder his freedom, yet | preferred to go on studying the underwater depths. «df there is an attempt to escape, its success must be assured, for if it fails, Captain Nemo will never forgive us,» | said. «lf we get close to the coast, | shall commandeer the canoe,» declared Ned. And we agreed that he would warn us. Be Ms - AA oe Ly Obs BY all (GH JIL BY pW tle cas Ae pe eeshsigin Lat Bs et sell 2S pel eS dean es LU iscels adi Sed dul Y és is) “> jee BLA Labs 3 age eal eb Go Aa Epis Bk ols 13 SF O555 i Coy Ges Ob SH gos OLE Ls I SY feb A dpe sll Go Eas«You now see why | am rich?» e said to me. «| regret that so many riches cannot be distributed among thousands of unfortunates.” «Do you think that | do not now there are beings who are suffering and oppressed peoples to help?” I then understood that he had given the gold to Crete, which had risen up against the Turks. The following day we rose to the surface, and there was no longer any land in sight. We were sailing towards the south-west. That night, Captain Nemo roposed a long excursion to the submarine depths. We put on ad suits ang went out, but ere Was a id of fire he darkness of $65 OY Geet J dG Vol all gs pS ol gi Lead ge GSI fa Ge al BS Gish x a Js ee Ue ool! Uo Ate ot de! debe igh. CAD heel SES sf isue 8 Eis He Sins ol) AM sey 3 cca ol! bi Au pod oo Gh Shen 425 Sy coed poles gl eo C gocin OLLI jee) Lined! AL pod Bloch S| Hayb Ue» pla she sy yess CYL 56 AY ob 95 Bolas 599 fy 2) gs G9 She Os BL le JU Bede gi The Nautilus sailed swiftly below the waters of the Mediterranean. We saw many sunken ships, mostly in the area of the Straits of Gibraltar. We entered the Atlantic and went up the coast of Portugal. Ned informed me that the escape would be that very night, off the Spanish coast. | felt very nervous all day, and sad at leaving the ocean. But the plan that night failed, for the Nautilus went right down to the bottom of the sea. The captain showed me, through the glass panels, his men, in diving suits, collecting boxes of gold and silver ingots from the wrecks of Spanish galleons sunk in a battle with the British in Vigo Bay, in the time of King Philip V. ae al pol ae gies ie bere Cl, oy izl — ee A! HD Us J fe all Eee Of aly eo eo oy Gy al oe erally ad) Op ASG 9 op al ALU Ls (3 EL gs bss) “Sly ll Gok 5 Cis tophisn ay oe asl SL 3h) el eu 4 deep cl SM de ot Gbe Rie ay sys pus a ea ly al sigh als pb Kail ol eigal ~opdl I Sl gef Two days later, dawn found us floating on a huge lake, inside a dark cavern. | did not understand any of this. «We are inside an extinct volcano» the captain explained. «The Nautilus got here through a natural canal 10 metres below the surface of the ocean. It is a safe haven, and here we can get the sodium to provide the electricity. Meanwhile, you might want to walk round the lagoon.» We did so, and climbed up the walls of the volcano, At the top we saw sparrow hawks, and Ned caught a bustard. In the lake there were crabs and lobsters. les lad tote HL Ly BRS Ed 8 ald Lal jel 351 splits igs Jl lds bet I - dee ol Jets Bes - tes aa _ Sta LS eal LS je cle SN yl gn Cos led 10 Gow Leb thy pal Soke 8] da meal! plan povrall le Ue! Liss bs LT ge Sl gd) Exteel dpe oft - ipa s Goat bilge well Le Hysko USL «tei 5 ols I BD 55 LS wy GLasly After two hours of walking through mud, rocks and petrified trees, we reached a mountain, and we climbed it. It was a volcano from which lava was pouring, and this was the source of the glow. On the other side of the peak, | saw a ruined city: fallen columns, buildings, walls. The captain wrote one word: «Atlantis». The famous island continent of which Plato had written! There had lived the powerful Atlantides people, with whom the ancient Greeks had waged war. A cataclysm had sunk this enormous continent beneath the waves, and from them can still be seen their highest peaks: the islands of Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Azores. How excited | felt on seeing it! oF pil Ge oR ty Jey peel Wed he ol) Lhe, Goud ba fas Us 3 ul Obs, abil xl OS Saas ay sel Aaa ge STI Cb te choles biel tus de E41, fals OL Cas Lat at ~ Spel cgeth duels SS AG OS SN bg 35) B5La Sahl Ble Bes to, boat Ute scle G4 gi pal weLs 5a Us J Sj! Lees el M Gos Ltd id g2 dob i Ses deb ele ES SM Gey «gE Watt Lt, ConeLatest ins «What excitement!» | exclaimed, «To pass over these deep regions which man has never reached! Look, captain, at those magnificent granite rocks.” The captain offered me the opportunity of photographing them and he took out a camera. Travelling southwards, the Nautilus left America behind. What were the captain's intentions? To get to the South Pole? Ned was jetting angrier and angrier at not being able to escape, _ One day nearby we saw several whales. Ned wanted to capture one, but the captain would not allow him to «We do not need whale oil. ld | ing tincaruneileldiaaellial pee en ec cll Lael G bt ole Gs shi at BL Lal he geet) AUG ot) Lew Lgl 81 JI Al sd) 56 yd co plign Sal Pole d Llp coe le Liles isl feo bd) ) SU 455 pla) Lab coy bLezol, ard oo Bde opde dle lly ene GIS Labs] ual ay 3) dle “J Gis pt OU 3) weed eh Hibs Ls_ The Nautilus continued sailing south-west and we entered the Sargasso Sea: an area full of algae thanks to the Gulf Stream. On 13th March, we conducted an experiment by going to the bottom of the ocean to find out at what depth there ceased to be any life. At 13,000 metres, the deserted waters were completely transparent, and yet the ocean floor could not be seen. The Nautilus dived further, in spite of the strong pressure that could be detected on the glass panels of the lounge, and the noise coming from the walls. | could still see a few molluscs, but below 15,000 metres there no longer existed anything. SAY teplin ole, pe WES A opal ps feb Lake os (ple slay Se gall et i 8 Bde Sabie oe Gl Je Bad dees! ale Gl byes Cid aol SAIS « 13000 Give NGS) als ules yal 61 Ul a aall (Lal BS bp tl Hit Bk Gl BRA ye pb NI le LS Hert AM le bolas Ohta! he Gae wl UU Gs (J 15000 Gre Cod Ey ist GM Spry Mee Ls |«The Nautilus will get to the bil Syl pele South Pole underneath the ice. If ESS 13) tobe! Cos geo yal there is a continent at the Pole it will cgblg) dead dads) 3 BU ata be stopped, but if there is sea it will Geshe ny aaa i 2,535 get there,» the captain told me. e pine i i Olea J JL SLA I) Cds = We went down to 800 metres Ces de oot Lis and went forward using the light of Gaabee ple I] Gps cee the submarine. Two days later we thes gen dy Lela 8 re ! ; cede ERM 3S ep ! : Lad, dog Leys 30 LS islet. When we approached it, we He saw that it was close to dry land. tt Wes Lee all Lake tat might be a continent! The canoe é was launched into the sea andwe Ui! 15515 O,55 OF saul got to a beach. Captain Nemo was SI Llsy cull Eee the first to set foot on it. Excited “te aes » at having discovered that land, he #8 vee a aac me stood there for a while, looking at ae oe ae tbs fs it ae a Us wLisy The rest of us got out and we saw a ground surface made up ‘their shrill cries. __ As we reached the region of the South Orkneys, Captain Let Bo Lys Cals Uf. he Nautilus sailed southwards through ice floes. Ned was already familiar with icebergs, but Conseil and | were seeing them for the first time. The petrels and other polar birds shy ll a perched on the submarine with oe i etl Agi tle ae ees 5) eel gall‘AY id and the resulting mass of ice had blocked the Nautilus. «The oxygen containers will give us air for only two days» said the captain. We shall drill through the ice below.» We took turns to hack at the ice and we went out with the diving suits on. The captain had the idea of using jets of boiling water, and our work speeded up. By now we could hardly breathe inside the ship when the Nautilus, with its weight, broke through the last metre of ice and finally sailed below the blockage at high speed. Then the captain inclined the ship so that the spur on the prow might pierce the ice above, and \thus managed to sail out. Fresh a ob SLE Gil, eoade Lela Lest) Gb Lsti gee SN Sbyb bl jag alts Ss oy HS agli pins Lele py HLS SL oN) SUN cil hE ple Lists eA VL Fwy Lig, bss peel 3 OLa al 5 bis Libee jlied cee thall olall Bo pubs ISL cL OM ol csk> Lave ist! Jol ee eT ay ce plign Lt Gos Fiat pd bel dL ILA 65 gs de bell Cae doy eis tee Le Bas ole GG. bel Ge ESes Say bd of lava, and there were mollusc shells, lichen on the rocks, penguins, seals, walruses and many birds flying overhead - albatrosses, petrels... «Ever since 1660, many have tried to get to the South Pole, but it is |, Captain Nemo, who has reached it and take possession of it, on this day, 21st March 1868.» And he planted a black flag with an N on it. The next day the polar night started; for six months the sun would not rise and that sea would freeze over. The Nautilus submerged again to return northwards, but after a few hours, it collided with an iceberg which had collapsed, 62 Ge Ga dey GG pall ce hb SL 55 DIS SLB Gb! Jb glad AS B25 Sy by Uo! 255 Sacks ps hill 33 ASN! dale 11660 ple Loe epee) bill} dpe gl em Lea LT is, Lik Bale Jeet ol hes 1868 alt et pe 2p gl 0) Sp ous ALL cd ui Nis cS pect 5 td etl Be ally eh Woe fo) cel teghign Cale alesl) pol 38 MLE Babs lip ew Calbsl wll. tie iylooked at the sea and wept for the death of his shipmate. Near the coast of Canada, Ned asked me to speak to the captain, as he could no longer bear to be shut in. «Whoever boards the Nautilus must never again leave it,» repeated the captain. So our only hope was flight. Having reached the coasts of England and France, the Nautilus submerged, and through the glass, we saw an old shipwreck. «This is the Avenger,» said the captain, «a French warship which, after a heroic fight against the British in 1794, preferred sinking with its sailors to surrendering.» When the Nautilus again surfaced, a gunshot was heard. Gb ES Joly be all Uhl @. gist an ot Ba apts ee els ty GOs Gt ol all > tl CLE ots eu el ot] Jp ej Lay Sle sg) ele eee Bl ee ees Bos Ra (let Ll Sub JL eh Lal - se A a ae a Je phi iS ns Lay i (as 1794 ple og ill I LLY te GI Lbs et estigy Gab Lote Spe eo odes air flooded in when the hatch opened, and revived us. We went on sailing through the Atlantic and | was able to study the marine creatures of South America. On reaching the Antilles we became surrounded by giant octopuses. Suddenly, the Nautilus stopped, as one had got caught in the propeller. We surfaced and on opening the hatch, one of its tentacles reached down the steps. The captain chopped it off with an axe; but another two had grabbed one of the sailors. We all attacked it with, axes, and suddenly the octopus shot out a jet of ink which blinded us. When we could see, neither the octopus nor the sailor was there any longer. The captain god Line Za alg! pls peel ea et a , is eT ce Like Hy gel Cal 3 Ball ese ST ta] gh tlie, Leste Ub GaN aN EUe eu la ad) AS oll Lge Lots Ge 3 ley eet Lab | Ehey cdsaall poet 5S) le bu DN! gibt sll, | yell Balke Utes GUE el Lis LN, Sete Y causal epoch ol} OU w! alls LAthat | did not hesitate, but | was sorry to see for the last time the fabulous Nautilus museum. Shortly before we fled, | heard the piano. It was the captain! Once we were in the canoe, we heard a shout from within «Maelstrom!» the name of a terrible whirlpoo! which builds up on the coast of Norway. We were dragged out at high speed and the canoe was tossed around. | banged my head and lost consciousness. When | awoke, | was in a fisherman’s hut on the Loffoden Isles, beside my two companions. | do not know what became of the Nautilus nor of Captain Nemo. | hope they continue to plough through the seas and that the contemplation of so many marvels will appease in him the desire for revenge, and that he devotes himself solely to the study of the sea bed, as we did during the 20,000 leagues we travelled together. ue day algal 5 Ot gil ce LE A oe peal os Lal Us aed ba ce 55 «pein OLE, teve GLU OL Os cs at Wey dol 33 ge Lig bye HS al Gil ESI “ual Ut sels Lal - Lly 38, - L535 Ady oul el 5 U See elk olin 5S) ba4 tie cob till Gs oo tp bel sak ee ae sal ES, ceil JS Lcd) (53 Oyhi ly alee ll Sa oat sibs sl oY 35,0 ll Se ie i a tl pI Oe sloth pag E55 Cl cq els Uke U7 te nh Jetou cr Slaw par es a te oll Od os pW) Gel 5 LT OLS ha Al Gasol bE SI Lalas Vy Leelee Vi oi tell ae ols Jnl ie Coal (tell IS led dos) NE Lull 853) pall Vi ety (6 SS US NI palsy 6 65 lle Lis Lt) Goll ay pall Aandi cle 8 Spay pt OLY My olay asl J les fe ee 2 Lthe LS eM ob I sl ee a PM 550 Seng tl Ue Nb Sa Talal! slp ll 4 liantey Lids Sh 03 Spe pL ably, GES Gey Ces lyerl Dalanll ple AUB) ple elas cola jd) Leal] claw 8 ll ae Sy «gaat ls goa ola! OL gh oe coal ft pay Goledl ig Aleal ooh LESS tLe cls Bay alge ce ot ttl) oe ly Hellas VI ae ee di Ses Leiljleal Ss Sl ll I AIS ey dS Ss ol gS ol AS GI} by ol HISTORICAL CONTEXT Jules Verne always sets his novels in the same time period in which he lived: the era of capitalism in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was a time - of great socio-economic changes in Western Europe, as by now the first indus- trial revolution (arrival of factories and the railways) was giving way to the se- cond (establishment of a strong financial framework and of large companies). Thanks to technical and scientific progress, man began to feel in control of nature. Affected by this enthusiasm for nature, Jules Verne imbues his novels with it, and under the guise of an adventure story, makes us believe that it is possible to travel to the moon, or into the bowels of the Earth, as happens in the famous Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In order to write his novels, Verne undertook rigorous and in-depth research into the scientific subjects he would need (physics, chemistry, astronomy, mi- neralogy, geology) and incorporated the scientific developments of his time into those stories, as well as other breakthroughs that are strictly the pro- duct of his imagination, but which are a logical development of those scientific facts and achievements. Thus, with some errors, admittedly, he identifies many discoveries which would happen much later, such as travelling to the moon, underwater navigation, and so on. Jules Verne /3)5 Jg> This French author (Nantes, 1828 - Amiens, 1905) is still much read by lovers of science fiction. Verne was extremely cultured and had a powerful imagination, through which he was able to anticipate a lot of scientific inventions, as well as including in his novels the technological breakthroughs of his time. He studied law but he soon decided to write. His first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, (1862) made him so famous that he went on writing fantastic adventure stories. The next one was Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), for which he had to do research into geology, mineralogy and paleontology. His * detailed descriptions of prehistoric animals astounded experts. Other famous books of his are: From the Earth to the Moon; Around the World in Eighty Days; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Captain Grant's Children; Michel Strogoff and The Mysterious Island. sesh) a Bag JY ee = PASI (1905 colt 1828 Cie 05 als pala LSU ced Cot Uae SS Lee Hayy ee SLL oe a ds Ube bh gb tes LT Ls adel pad Lad Sd oll VI BL Ole OH) gill Ge cl Late Sy eal aS al cee Me Lgg te che colle 3 pale! Gaal LS 25 Jost asl oo} May CS QS! 1 Leh) eb gl (1864) «oN! 550 clases fb Spel el le feel pley Wola! ley Gale PBL OU pr ay Ay ce lst bail Jy, Ghats eal oS) GSM gan ap tl Os 20,0000 ctlags gyiled (3 bul Spo Mob cad che cos Ges Od soy pew Sten HSL S gal Lad! sadlyJules Verne wrote classic adventure novels Seige t Shee of a scientific nature, in which he creates el eles) aes stories of science fiction. ee Following on from the success of Five ; : Weeks in a Balloon (1862), he carried ee on producing fantastic adventure books. Pete Rectan eet) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was LL soe published in installments in 1869 and LU OL ences 1870. His descriptions of so many marine eee ae creatures and landscapes are surprising, Me bs dre ie vette iich aye dna Oe ee exist, or which he improved on with his ete ene imagination, such as electric submarines pape ea pesicerr eorar hye and diving suits. * Robinson Crusoe * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes * Journey to the Centre of the Earth * Oliver Twist B= - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea peel od Geusy8 206000 0 Ml * The Mysterious Island : c F=§ - Dracula Fy ° Treasure Island Fa * Moby Dick Es = © SUSAETA EDICIONES, S.A. - Madrid - Spain (2019 2 pl WO Ga sGB-B ylaal AGSe 319 AS 42 Qe GAlgaiSed Aalis ~ deal! yi y98 — ype 961 1 653852/7 + puSlals ~ Skid — ype 11/1761 1.30 e-mail: al_maaref@hotmail.com / www.daraimaaref.com 7 676 §§:d Dar Al Maaref Bookshop Co. Publishers - Printed in EU ISBN: 978-9953696812 | ]