Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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“The Mystery of Milky Seas,” by Michelle Nijhuis, should have described Pierre Aronnax as a marine biologist in Jules Verne’s 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022
At one point in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the ship Nautilus passes through the quiet waters of the Sargasso Sea, “a perfect lake in the open Atlantic.”
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2016
Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea inspired the submarine She says one problem with scientific research is it is easy to get bogged down in the detail.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2013
Jules Verne used the name for the spike-nosed boat commanded by Captain Nemo in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marie begins to feel that her life, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has been interrupted halfway through.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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