The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
Also known as Journeys and Adventures of Captain Hatteras
1866 novel by Jules Verne
Key facts
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Original title
- Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras
- Illustrator
- Édouard Riou and , Henri de Montaut
- Language
- French
- Series
- The Extraordinary Voyages #2
- Genre
- Adventure novel , science fiction
- Publisher
- Pierre-Jules Hetzel
- Publication date
- 1866 (1864-1865 as a serial)
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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et Aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an 1866 adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: The English at the North Pole (French: Les Anglais au pôle Nord) and The Desert of Ice (French: Le Désert de glace).
The novel was published for the first time in 1864 as a serial in the French magazine named Magasin d'éducation et de récréation [fr]. The definitive version from 1866 was included in the Voyages extraordinaires series ("The Extraordinary Voyages"). Although it was the first book of the series, it was labelled as number two. Three of Verne's books from 1863 to 1865 (Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon) were added into the series retroactively. The character of Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with the English naval explorer Sir John Franklin.