50,000 Miles Under the Seas

While Jules Verne relied heavily on the scientific knowledge of his time to describe the marine environment, he also worked in anticipation of the future path of scientific research, by imagining the possibility of descending to depths still unexplored at the time. Similarly, the Nautilus explores the Suez canal before its official breakthrough, and Antarctica, before scientists from all over the world would actually visit the southernmost continent to study its climate, weather, and geolog...