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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Maritime Reflection

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature, exploration, human endeavor, permanence, transience  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

I therefore seated myself at the end of a promontory, at the foot of which the waves broke in incessant rolls. I looked round a bay formed by projecti...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Maritime Endeavors

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, uncertainty, human endeavor, nature's power, teamwork  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-12

As usual, the crew was small, five Danes doing the whole of the work. "Well, I should think about ten days," replied the skipper, "unless, indeed, we ...