Back اجتياح البحر Arabic Zatopená Sahara Czech Der Einbruch des Meeres German La invasión del mar Spanish هجوم دریا Persian L'Invasion de la mer French A Szahara tengere Hungarian Ծովի ներխուժումը Armenian L'invasione del mare Italian Inwazja morza Polish
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| Author | Jules Verne |
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| Original title | L'Invasion de la mer |
| Translator | Edward Baxter |
| Illustrator | Léon Benett |
| Language | French |
| Series | The Extraordinary Voyages No. 54 |
| Genre | Adventure novel, Science fiction[1] |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
Publication date | 1905 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 2001 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Preceded by | Master of the World |
Invasion of the Sea (French: L'Invasion de la mer) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. It was published in 1905, the last to be published in the author's lifetime, and describes the exploits of Berber nomads and European travelers in Saharan Africa.[2] The European characters arrive 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.[3]
- ^ Canavan, Gerry (2018). The Cambridge History of Science Fiction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-31-669437-4
- ^ "Invasion of the Sea". Kirkus Reviews. December 1, 2001. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Kytasaari, Dennis. "Plot Synopsis of Invasion of the Sea". North American Jules Verne Society. Retrieved December 16, 2012.