Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth". The description of Nemo's ship, the "Nautilus", was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels. A model of the French submarine "Plongeur" (launched in 1863) was displayed at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, where it was studied by Jules Verne, who used it as an inspiration for the novel. The title refers to the "distance traveled" while under the sea and
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne The Fabulous World of Jules Verne The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (, literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czechoslovak black-and-white science fiction adventure film, produced by Zdeněk Novák, directed by Karel Zeman, that stars Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, and Miloslav Holub. Based on several works by Jules Verne, primarily his 1896 novel "Facing the Flag", the film evokes the original illustrations for Verne's works by combining live actors with various forms of animation. The film made its North American debut in 1961 through Warner Bros. Pictures. Soon after, it was distributed to 72