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Quotation from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
“A vast sheet of water, the commencement of a lake or an ocean, spread far away beyond the range of the eye”
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXX, A New Mare Internum, trans. F. A. Malleson
Axel's first sight of the subterranean sea, which his uncle names the Liedenbrock Sea.
Citation: "A vast sheet of water, the commencement of a lake or an ocean, spread far away beyond the range of the eye" — Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXX, A New Mare Internum, trans. F. A. Malleson. (id journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-q5)
Portrait: Félix Nadar 1820-1910 portraits Jules Verne, Nadar, Public domain.
