Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (French: Un capitaine de quinze ans) is a Jules Verne novel published in 1878. It deals primarily with the issue of slavery...
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adaptation of Jules Verne's novel Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen. The whaling brig "Pilgrim," commanded by the experienced Captain Gulya, arrives in Auckland...
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Strogoff, 1876) Off on a Comet (Hector Servadac, 1877) The Child of the Cavern (Les Indes noires, 1877) Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (Un capitaine de quinze...
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Captain Nemo (/ˈneɪmoʊ/; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's...
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his most notable illustrations may be mentioned those for Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen by Verne and The Indian Frontier by Lucien Biart [fr], as well...
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Nautilus is described by Verne as "a masterpiece containing masterpieces". It is designed and commanded by Captain Nemo. Electricity provided by sodium/mercury...
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charismatic anti-hero Captain Nemo. The film won two Academy Awards for its art direction and special effects. In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster attacking...
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at the age of six, Verne was sent to boarding school at 5 Place du Bouffay in Nantes. The teacher, Madame Sambin, was the widow of a naval captain who...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (category Novels set at sea)
classification. Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner, described as having "no equal in his dangerous trade". Captain Nemo, the designer and captain of the Nautilus....
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fired a servant for providing him with shaving water at a slightly incorrect temperature, he hires Jean Passepartout as a new servant. Fogg makes a wager...
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capitaine Grant (The Children of Captain Grant, 1878, with d'Ennery) Michel Strogoff (Michael Strogoff, 1880, with d'Ennery) Voyage à travers l'impossible (Journey...
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Pilgrim, a fictional ship in the novel Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen The Pilgrim (Marini), a 1939 bronze sculpture by Marino Marini The Pilgrim, a painting...
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a manticora whose mandibles are an equivalent to the European scythe of death (Mareš, Lapáček, 1980). In Jules Verne's novel Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen...
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whose servants include Captain Nemo and Professor Moriarty. In Kevin J. Anderson's 2002 novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius, he is...
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at the sheepfold, and the pirates dead, without any visible wounds except for a little red spot on each of them. The island is revealed to be Captain...
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many times by a benefactor who refuses to reveal himself, causing his own achievements to seem less significant. In the 2002 novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic...
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In Search of the Castaways (redirect from Captain Grant)
Castaways (French: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit. 'The Children of Captain Grant') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The...
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Verne in a circle vision ride (1992–2005) and Space Mountain, de la Terre à la Lune, in its original version (1995–2005), based directly on From the Earth...
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Mysterious Island (1961 film) (category Films shot at Shepperton Studios)
a character Tom Ayrton who was marooned on a nearby island. The second book featured Captain Nemo and the Nautilus presumed lost in the maelstrom at the...
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From the Earth to the Moon (redirect from De la Terre à la Lune)
this article: De la Terre à la Lune Wikimedia Commons has media related to De La Terre à la Lune. From the Earth to the Moon at Standard Ebooks From the...
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looks for alternative transport. He finds a steamboat, Henrietta, destined for Bordeaux, France. The captain of the boat refuses to take them to Liverpool...
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1878 in literature (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
Verne – Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (Un Capitaine de quinze ans) Evelyn Whitaker – Miss Toosey's Mission. A Tale Ion Luca Caragiale – A Stormy Night...
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Bundelkhand. At the death of her husband, she is about to be sacrificed by her husband's relatives and other people of their society as a sati at her husband's...
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Management Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) Institut de Préparation à l'Administration Générale (IPAG) Antenne Universitaire de Beauvais (AUB) École...
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Nautical fiction (section Women at sea)
life at sea had been written in the 18th century. These include works dealing with piracy, such as Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton (1720), and A General...
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Deccan Traps were the location of a verneshot event at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, the strong iridium spike at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary...
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Jules Verne is a large lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named after the French author. It is located to the west-southwest of the Mare...
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"Trophée Jules-Verne : Francis Joyon (IDEC Sport) et son équipage font demi-tour à cause des conditions de navigation". lequipe.fr. November 27, 2016. Retrieved...
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between Russia and "Tartars" a few years before Jules Verne wrote Michael Strogoff, no Tartar khan at the time was in a position to act as Feofar is described...
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is revitalised with a whole town growing up around the underground lake called Loch Malcolm. Suspicious of a malevolent force at work, Harry continues...
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