Jules Verne
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Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his colleagues set out on an expedition to find a strange sea monster and are captured by the infamous and charismatic Captain Nemo and taken abroad the Nautilus submarine as his prisoners. As they travel the world's oceans, they become embroiled in adventures and events beyond their wildest dreams. Visionary in its outlook, Vern's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a legendary science fiction masterpiece.
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2017.
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Español
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La desaparicion de varios barcos sin una aparente razon, han encendido las alarmas, por lo que se organiza una expedicion para localizar a un monstruo marino, del cual se piensa es el causante de los desastres. Pero los expedicionarios pronto sera testigos de algo inimaginable, el monstruo resulta ser una extraordinaria embarcacion submarina al mando del capitan Nemo. En esta obra, Julio Verne hace gala, una vez mas, de su capacidad para adelantarse...
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2018.
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Español
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Julio Verne, conocido como el "Padre de la Ciencia Ficcion", influenciado por los avances de la ciencia y la tecnologia, concibio una literatura digna de la edad cientifica. Viaje al Centro de la Tierra, con argumentos habilmente manejados, convierte en realidad los suenos de la humanidad de recorrer por completo el planeta, para comprobar o desechar las tesis, que afirman, por un lado, que la Tierra tiene un nucleo incandescente en constante fusion,...
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[2008]
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English
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Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, five survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from being a sanctuary the island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius, Captain Nemo, who inhabits the mysterious island for his own strange ends.
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2008.
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English
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On a hunch to find the center of the earth, science professor Trevor Anderson, his nephew and their tour guide make a breakthrough discovery that launches them on a journey into the unknown. While trying to find their way back, the group then travels through a never-before-seen world, encountering creatures and objects never imagined.
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[2003]
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English
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A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
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2012
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English
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Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne captured his era's fascination with adventure and exploration in a series of novels he referred to as his Voyages extraordinaires. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Other Classic Novels is a unique compilation of six of Verne's best-known novels that extrapolate developing technology and scientific inquisitiveness into rousing adventures as exciting and provocative today as when they were first...
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[2018]
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English
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Join Phileas Fogg and Passepartout on their trip though places such as Calcutta, Hong Kong, and San Francisco as they circle the globe heading back home to London. They travel using trains, ships, palanquins, a carriage, a sled, and even an elephant.