Jules Verne

**Jules Gabriel Verne** (1828- 1905) was a French author best known for science-fiction novels.

## History

### Real-World History

Jules Verne was a 19th century author who is considered a pioneer of the science-fiction genera. His work including the likes of 20,000 leagues under the sea, Journey to the centre of the Earth, and From Earth to the Moon.

#### Disney Park influence

Jules Verne is a major influence in Disney Parks and Disney history. The film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was based on Verne's work of the same name and years later his work would inspire the story and aesthetics of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

At the Disney Parks, his work inspired Submarine Voyage and would go on to inspire several other park attractions. Most notably Discovery Bay, the Mysterious Island, Space Mountain and Discoveryland to name a few.

### Disney Parks

Jules Verne was a successful French author who was affiliated with the colony of *Discoveryland*. Amongst his works were documentation of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo though it is yet unknown how he obtained this knowledge. In Discoveryland, he was affiliated with the Baltimore Gun Club which equipped him with a 19th-century space-suit and passage to space via the *Columbiad Cannon* of Space Mountain. In space, Verne worked to study astronomy.

In 1900, Verne attended the Expo Universelle in Paris, France where he mocked fellow author H.G. Wells for his conception of the Time Machine. Following this, Verne was abducted by the robotic time-traveler the Timekeeper and was transported throughout history to see the innovations of the future. After being returned to his proper time, Verne decided to collaborate with Wells in creating their own functional time-machine based off of Wells' prototype. He and Wells used this time machine to travel throughout time to locales such as the Year 2189

## Appearances and allusions

### Horizons

Jules Verne used to appear in this attraction in a sequence dedicated to retro-futurism. One tableau showed Jules Verne in his bullet-derived rocket from *From Earth to the Moon* soaring through space.

### The Timekeeper

Jules Verne appeared in this attraction, being present at the 1900  Exposition Universelle. Verne would go on to have an argument with fellow sci-fi author H.G. Wells about their differing views of the future before Wells would leave Verne with a model of his time-machine. What followed was Verne being hijacked by the time-traveling robot, "Nine-Eye" who along with her employer the Timekeeper would transport Verne throughout time and space to show him the miracles of the future. At the end of the show, he and Wells created their own functional time machine which they used to travel to the Paris Expo Universelle in the year 2189.

### Space Mountain

#### Magic Kingdom

There is mention of an active lunar-port being, "Verne Settlement 22" in the queue for this attraction.

#### Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune

Jules Verne makes a cameo in this attraction based on his novel *From Earth to the Moon* in Discoveryland. While flying through space, guests could find Verne in a steampunk space-suit, floating in zero-gravity while observing the stars with a telescope.

### Skipper Canteen

A book satirizing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea called *800 Leagues on the Amazon* by, "Verne" is in the library of the Skipper Canteen.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

A copy of *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* by Jules Verne is on a shelf in Trader Sam's collection.

### In other media

#### Film

##### Tomorrowland (film)

In this film, Jules Verne was a founding member of the organization Plus Ultra which created the pocket-dimension utopia of Tomorrowland along with Gustave Eiffel, Nikola Tesla, H.G. Wells and Thomas Edison. They would do this in the year 1899 after meeting at the Parisian world's fair. A deleted scene showed an animated Verne underwater with the Nautilus in the background.

## Connections

### Adventure Trading Company

In the Adventure Trading Company event of Disneyland's Adventureland, one of the members of the titular Adventure Trading Company was historic writer/filmmaker Palle Huld (1912-2010). Huld is best known for having circumnavigated the globe in 1928 as part of a competition in tribute of Jules Verne.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2010/09/tomorrowland-station-mk-1.html
2. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/sea/attractions/skipper-canteen#&gid=1&pid=right-bookshelf-5th-shelf-c44
3. ↑ https://www.disneytouristblog.com/trader-sams-backstory-details/