Captain Nemo (miniseries) his work on the mysteries of the depths of the sea, the French professor Pierre Aronax on the day of his wedding receives an invitation to join the punitive expedition and accepts it. After a three-month unsuccessful search in the ocean, the frigate discovers a monster and attacks it, but as a result gets damaged itself. The professor, his servant Conseil and Ned Land whaler fall overboard onto a submarine, which they initially mistake for a giant dangerous animal. An unnamed ship is called the Nautilus. The creator, owner and captain of the ship is called Nemo ("Nobody" - in
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) and his daughter (who are French) below through a hatch in the surface of the deck. After they pledge not to escape, Nemo shows them the wonders of the underwater world, and even takes them hunting on the sea floor. Meanwhile, soldiers in a runaway Union Army Balloon are marooned on a mysterious island not far from the submarine. They find a wild girl living alone on the island ("a child of nature"). The yacht of Charles Denver arrives at the island. A former Indian colonial officer, he has been haunted by the ghost of a woman (Princess Daaker) that