The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne, translator not mentioned

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). :— Excerpted from The Adventures of Captain Hatteras on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This translation was first published by James R. Osgood & Co (Boston, 1874). Other early translations were published by Routledge and Ward, Lock & Tyler; however, the Osgood translation is the most complete and accurate of the three.

Map from Journeys and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Table of Contents

Part I: The English At The North Pole

• Chapter I: The Forward.
• Chapter II: An Unexpected Letter.
• Chapter III: Dr. Clawbonny.
• Chapter IV: The Dog-Captain.
• Chapter V: At Sea.
• Chapter VI: The Great Polar Current.
• Chapter VII: The Entrance of Davis Strait.
• Chapter VIII: The Talk of the Crew.
• Chapter IX: Another Letter.
• Chapter X: Dangerous Sailing.
• Chapter XI: The Devil's Thumb.
• Chapter XII: Captain Hatteras.
• Chapter XIII: The Captain's Plans.
• Chapter XIV: The Expeditions in Search of Franklin.
• Chapter XV: The Forward Driven Southward.
• Chapter XVI: The Magnetic Pole.
• Chapter XVII: The Fate of Sir John Franklin.
• Chapter XVIII: The Way Northward.
• Chapter XIX: A Whale in Sight.
• Chapter XX: Beechey Island.
• Chapter XXI: The Death of Bellot.
• Chapter XXII: The First Signs of Mutiny.
• Chapter XXIII: Attacked by the Ice.
• Chapter XXIV: Preparations for Wintering.
• Chapter XXV: One of James Ross's Foxes.
• Chapter XXVI: The Last Piece of Coal.
• Chapter XXVII: The Great Cold at Christmas.
• Chapter XXVIII: Preparations for Departure.
• Chapter XXIX: Across the Ice-Fields.
• Chapter XXX: The Cairn.
• Chapter XXXI: The Death of Simpson.
• Chapter XXXII: The Return to the Forward.

Part II: The Desert of Ice

• Chapter I: The Doctor's Inventory.
• Chapter II: Altamont's First Words.
• Chapter III: Seventeen Days of Land Journey.
• Chapter IV: The Last Charge of Powder.
• Chapter V: The Seal and the Bear.
• Chapter VI: The Porpoise.
• Chapter VII: A Discussion About Charts.
• Chapter VIII: Excursion to the North of Victoria Bay.
• Chapter IX: Cold and Heat.
• Chapter X: The Pleasures of Winter-Quarters.
• Chapter XI: Disquieting Traces.
• Chapter XII: The Ice Prison.
• Chapter XIII: The Mine.
• Chapter XIV: The Polar Spring.
• Chapter XV: The Northwest Passage.
• Chapter XVI: Northern Arcadia.
• Chapter XVII: Altamont's Revenge.
• Chapter XVIII: The Last Preparations.
• Chapter XIX: The Journey Northward.
• Chapter XX: Footprints on the Snow.
• Chapter XXI: The Open Sea.
• Chapter XXII: The Approach to the Pole.
• Chapter XXIII: The English Flag.
• Chapter XXIV: Polar Cosmography.
• Chapter XXV: Mount Hatteras.
• Chapter XXVI: Return to the South.
• Chapter XXVII: Conclusion.

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