Invasion of the Sea
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| Invasion of the Sea | |
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'Invasion de la mer |
| Translator | Edward Baxter |
| Illustrator | Léon Benett |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | Voyages Extraordinaires #54 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
| Publication date | 1905 |
| Published in English |
2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Invasion of the Sea (French: L'Invasion de la mer) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne describing the exploits of Arab nomads and European travelers in Saharan Africa. The purpose of the Westerners' visit is to study the feasibility of flooding a low-lying region of the Sahara desert to create an inland sea and open up the interior of Northern Africa to trade. In the end, however, the protagonists' pride in humanity's potential to control and reshape the world is humbled by a cataclysmic earthquake which results in the natural formation of just such a sea.
[edit] Translation history
Parts of the novel, under the title Captain Hardizan, were serialized in The American Weekly (the Sunday Supplement to the Boston American newspaper) from August 6, 1905 to August 13, 1905. The first complete English translation was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2001.
[edit] Publication history
Invasion of the Sea, Trans. Edward Baxter, Ed. Arthur Evans. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, c2001. ISBN 0819565458
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