Captain Nemo

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Illustration from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Captain...

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