The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
1866 novel by Jules Verne
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et Aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an 1866 adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: The English at the North Pole (French: Les Anglais au pôle Nord) and The Desert of Ice (French: Le Désert de glace).
The novel was published for the first time in 1864 as a serial in the French magazine named Magasin d'éducation et de récréation. The definitive version from 1866 was included in the Voyages extraordinaires series ("The Extraordinary Voyages"). Although it was the first book of the series, it was labelled as number two. Three of Verne's books from 1863 to 1865 (Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon) were added into the series retroactively. The character of Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with the English naval explorer Sir John Franklin.
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The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of a British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. On the shore of the island of "New America (Actually New Foundland)" he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United States.
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