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AN ANTARCTIC MYSTERY CHAPTER I. THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS No doubt the following narrative will be received: with entire incredulity, but I think it well that the public should be put in possession of the facts narrated in “An Antarctic Mystery.” The public is free to believe them or not, at its good pleasure. No more appropriate scene for the wonderful and terrible adventures which I am about to relate could be imagined than the Desolation Islands, so called, in 1779, by Captain Cook. I lived there for several weeks, and I can affirm, on the evidence of my own eyes and my own experience, that the famous English explorer and navigator was happily inspired when he gave the islands that significant name. Geographical nomenclature, however, insists on the name of Kerguelen, which is generally adopted for the group which lies in 49° 45’ south latitude, and 69° 6’ eas |
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Reviewer: alamedared - 5/17/2008 4:26Subject: My Favorite I love this book and the reading. It is so amazing how Verne interlaces Poe's original story into his own−−−and expands it. Very clever. You really have to listen carefully to get all the details, but it is well worth it. I give this book−−−and the reader−−−ten stars. |
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