In Search of the Castaways
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2022
Language: eng
Subjects: Australia -- Fiction; Ship captains -- Fiction; South America -- Fiction; Voyages and travels -- Fiction; Seafaring life -- Fiction; Castaways -- Fiction; Ocean travel -- Fiction; New Zealand -- Fiction; Fiction
Description: <p>Following the clues found in a bottle cast into the ocean, Lord and Lady Genarvan set off for South America and Australia in their ship <i>Duncan</i> to search for the shipwrecked Captain Grant. Their eventful and perilous journey gives <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne">Verne</a> the opportunity to describe a variety of exotic places.</p> <p>Originally titled <i lang="fr">Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant</i> (“The Children of Captain Grant”), the story has inspired several movie adaptations. Ayrton, one of the characters, reappears in <i><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/the-mysterious-island/stephen-w-white">The Mysterious Island</a></i>.</p>