20,000 Leagues Under The Sea , Part 1

This book starts in 1866 and is about a sea monster that has been sinking ships. During that first year several ships had reported sighting of this "monster" and described it as a long , slender and larger than any whale. After many months had passed the "monster" began attacking ships that drew near. All the worlds nations were afrain to go out in the sea and the Uniter States sent out the Abraham Lincoln to destroy the monster in hopes of bringing peace to the seas.

The best men in ocean study were invited to join the crew until the monster was slain. In this group was Monsirur Aronnax and Ned Land. Monsirur Aronnax brought with him his servant of tem years , Conseil. Conseil was a very loyal servant and a really right classifier , he was great help in identifying creatures. Ned Land was an extremely skilled harpooner with excellent precision and was knows world wide because of this. Monsirur Aronnax was from the Paris Museum had written a book called Mysteries of the Ocean Depths , this was popular among scientists making him a specialist in this feild.

The Abraham Lincoln searched the oceans for months without any sighting of the creature allmost as if it knew they had been tracking it. Then one night in early November Ned Land spotted a bright light comeing from just under the waters surface , so the frigate started chaseing the moster with full steam. For two days and one night the Abraham Lincoln chased this monster , fireing cannons when it was close enough but they would just bounce off. Then the monster turned and rushed the side of the frigate throwing Monsirur Aronnax and Ned Land overboard , Consel dived into the water in hopes of saveing his master.

The threee men swam for many hours until finding a large floating object to rest on. They all thought that the monster was dead but upon inspection they realized that it was not a liveing creature at all that it was a large vessal made of iron. Suddenly a door opened on the vessal and the men were apprehended and drug inside the vessal. They were in a small dark room for a few hours until a light came on and two men came into the room. Monsirur Aronnax , Ned Land and Conseil all told their stories to the men in different languaged but the med did not seem to understand them. Soon they were served dinner and clothed by another man that seemed to be a mute also.

After two days one of the two men appeared again and spoke to them in fluent French explaining their rights and who he was. He was Captain Nemo commander of the Nautilus and had found a way to escape from the outside world by staying this this vessal. For a week the men never seen the captain but were allowed full acess to any part of the ship they wanted. There was a large lounge that seemed to be small museum , some of its contents were works of famous artists and on both sides there was a glass window so one could see the ocean.

In mid november the three men were invited to join the captain in a hunting expedition at the underwater forests around Crespo Islands. Monsirur Aronnax and Conseil agreed to go while Ned Land Turned down the offer. Everyone was given a dry suit , air tanks and a gun that shot an electrocuting bullet. After four hours to reach the cliffs rising to land they stopped and headed back to the ship. While heading back the captain shot a sea otter and his companion managed