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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Natural Bounty

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, natural history, colonialism, scientific discovery, marine life  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-26

Towards evening it approached the Falkland group, the rough summits of which I recognised the following day. On the shores our nets brought in beautif...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Exploration and Discovery

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: colonialism, exploration, nature, history, imperialism  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-23

I saw in the morning, some miles to the windward, the elevated summits of the island. These waters furnished our table with excellent fish, mackerel, ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Illuminated Geology

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature's beauty, geological history, exploration, the sublime, evolution  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

It was a glorious sight to see how the electric light brought out the sparkles in the walls of the calcareous rocks, and the old red sandstone. One mi...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Longing for the Past

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: memory, nostalgia, identity, history, modernity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-04

Was he dreaming of those generations long since disappeared? Was it here this strange man came to steep himself in historical recollections, and live ...