For some time past vessels had been met by "an enormous thing," a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements in a whale. - P11
Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. - P11
PART ONECHAPTER IA SHIFTING REEFThe year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. - P11
■ 저자 소개쥘 베른(Jules Verne,1828년 2월 8일 ~ 1905년 3월 24일)은 프랑스의 과학 소설 분야를 개척한 작가입니다. 그는 <<지구 속 여행>>, <<해저 이만리>>, <<80일간의 세계일주>>와 같은 과학소설로 유명합니다. 베른은 이미 비행기나 잠수함, 우주선이 만들어지고 상용화되기 전에 우주, 하늘, 해저 여행에 대한 글을 썼습니다. 휴고 건스백, H.G.웰즈와 함께 ‘과학소설의 아버지‘로 불립니다. - P3