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Title: The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Author: Jules Verne

Illustrator: Édouard Riou

Release Date: July 15, 2009 [EBook #29413]

Language: English

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CAPTAIN HATTERAS.

[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 FORW