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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras By: Jules Verne (1828-1905) |
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[Illustration] JULES VERNE. [Frontispiece: "The brig was tossed about like a child's toy." Page 134.] THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF JULES VERNE. WITH TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY RIOU . BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1876. COPYRIGHT, 1874. BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. PART I. THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. AN UNEXPECTED LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 III. DR. CLAWBONNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 IV. THE DOG CAPTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 V. AT SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 VI. THE GREAT POLAR CURRENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 VII. THE ENTRANCE OF DAVIS STRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 VIII. THE TALK OF THE CREW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 IX. ANOTHER LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 X. DANGEROUS SAILING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 XI. THE DEVIL'S THUMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 XII. CAPTAIN HATTERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 XIII. THE CAPTAIN'S PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 XIV. THE EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF FRANKLIN . . . . . . . . . . 102 XV. THE FORWARD DRIVEN SOUTHWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 XVI. THE MAGNETIC POLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 XVII. THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 XVIII. THE WAY NORTHWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 XIX. A WHALE IN SIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 XX. BEECHEY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 XXI. THE DEATH OF BELLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 XXII. THE FIRST SIGNS OF MUTINY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 XXIII. ATTACKED BY THE ICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 XXIV. PREPARATIONS FOR WINTERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 XXV. ONE OF JAMES ROSS'S FOXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 XXVI. THE LAST PIECE OF COAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 XXVII. THE GREAT COLD AT CHRISTMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 XXVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 XXIX. ACROSS THE ICE FIELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 XXX. THE CAIRN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 XXXI. THE DEATH OF SIMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 XXXII. THE RETURN TO THE FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 PART II. THE DESERT OF ICE. I. THE DOCTOR'S INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 II. ALTAMONT'S FIRST WORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 III. SEVENTEEN DAYS OF LAND JOURNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 IV. THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 V. THE SEAL AND THE BEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 VI. THE PORPOISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 VII. A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 VIII. EXCURSION TO THE NORTH OF VICTORIA BAY . . . . . . . . . 291 IX. COLD AND HEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 X. THE PLEASURES OF WINTER QUARTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 XI. DISQUIETING TRACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 XII. THE ICE PRISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 XIII. THE MINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Continue reading book >>
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