In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne

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In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne

The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known.Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant’s children and the crew of his yacht the Duncan they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, Australia and new Zeland and find Captain Grant at last. (Summary from Wikipedia.)

  1. 67

    00 – Introduction

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  2. 66

    01 – The Shark

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  3. 65

    02 – The Three Documents

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  4. 64

    03 – The Captain’s Children

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  5. 63

    04 – Lady Glenarvan’s Proposal

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  6. 62

    05 – The Departure of the Duncan

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  7. 61

    06 – An Unexpected Passenger

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  8. 60

    07 – Jacques Paganel is undeceived

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  9. 59

    08 – The Geographer’s Resolution

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  10. 58

    09 – Through the Straits of Magelan

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  11. 57

    10 – The Course decided

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  12. 56

    11 – Traveling in Chili

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  13. 55

    12 – Eleven Thousand Feet aloft

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  14. 54

    13 – A Sudden Descent

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  15. 53

    14 – Providentially Rescued

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  16. 52

    15 – Thalcave

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  17. 51

    16 – The News of the lost Captain

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  18. 50

    17 – A Serious Necessity

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  19. 49

    18 – In Search of Water

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  20. 48

    19 – The Red Wolves

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  21. 47

    20 – Strange Signs

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  22. 46

    21 – A False Trail

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  23. 45

    22 – The Flood

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  24. 44

    23 – A Simple Abode

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  25. 43

    24 – Paganel’s Disclosure

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  26. 42

    25 – Between Fire and Water

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  27. 41

    26 – The Return on Board

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  28. 40

    27 – A new Destination

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  29. 39

    28 – Tristan DAcunha and the Isle of Amsterdam

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  30. 38

    29 – Cape Town and M. Viot

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  31. 37

    30 – A Wager And How Decided

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  32. 36

    31 – The Storm on the Indian Ocean

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  33. 35

    32 – A Hospitable Colonist

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  34. 34

    33 – The Quartermaster of the Britannia

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  35. 33

    34 – preparation for the Journey

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  36. 32

    35 – A Country of Paradoxes

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  37. 31

    36 – An Accident

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  38. 30

    37 – Crime or Calamity

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  39. 29

    38 – Toline of the Lachlan

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  40. 28

    39 – Warning

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  41. 27

    40 – Wealth in the Wilderness

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  42. 26

    41 – Suspicious Occurences

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  43. 25

    42 – A startling Discovery

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  44. 24

    43 – The Plot Unveiled

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  45. 23

    44 – Four Days of Anguish

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  46. 22

    45 – Helpless and hopeless

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  47. 21

    46 – A rough Captain

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  48. 20

    47 – Navigators and their Discoveries

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  49. 19

    48 – The Martyr-roll of Navigators

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  50. 18

    49 – The Wreck of the Macquarie

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The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known.Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant’s children and the crew of his yacht the Duncan they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, Australia and new Zeland and find Captain Grant at last. (Summary from Wikipedia.)

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