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Re: VE itineraries

From: Ron Miller <rmiller~at~crosslink.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:43:23 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

I might refer you to the maps in the book I published a few years
ago (just a small, privately-published thing just for my fellow
Verniana), "Extraordinary Voyages". It's an atlas of the routes
Verne's characters take in all of his books and the course of the
Nautilus is traced with meticulous detail (I was even able to locate
Crespo Island--usually assumed to be an invention of Verne's
imagination--in a few 19th century atlases). I don't have any other
copies of the book (there were only 50), but I could probably make
photocopies of the maps (unless there is someone who'd care to
loan you a copy of the atlas).

Ron

> Funny, I just finished yesterday a three-week project going through
> 20K in which I pulled out the positions of Nautilus at various points
> in the journey.
>
> I used Miller/Walter's text and, according to them, these positions
> are relative to the Paris Meridian except as noted. I have not
> converted them to standard Greenwich-based meridians but that's my
> next task.
>
> Most of the positions are ones taken by Nemo or the first mate at
> their noon-time reckoning. Some are estimates based on nearby
> locations described in the text by position but not exact positions of
> the submarine.
>
> I also want to fill in gaps where Verne did not provide coordinates
> but did provide placenames.
>
> I have not plotted these or checked these carefully but will once I've
> converted them.
>
> In any case, below you will find my preliminary data. Feel free to use
> them in any way.
>
> Your map is terrific! I'm more than happy to supply as much data as
> you need to get 20K up there as my 300 students next semester would
> find your map invaluable.
>
> Any chance of doing waypoints, i.e. plotting part of the journey at a
> time to follow the Nautilus as it moves through the novel?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean
>
> Positions for Nautilus in 20K Under the Sea
>
> Position #1: START, 30º 7' N, 137º 15' W of the Paris meridian
> Position #2: 32º 40'N, 167º 50' W (of the Paris meridian)
> Position #3, 23.27º N, 172º W
> Position #4 0º, 142º W
> Position #5: 8º 57' S, 139º 32' W.
> Position #6: 16º 4' S, 164º 32' E
> Position#7: 135º-122º E along the 10º N to 105ºE, 15ºS.
> Position #8: 94º 35' E, 12º 5' S (6000 leagues traveled)
> Position #9: Ceylon Island, between 5º 55' and 9º 49' N and 79º 42'
> and 82º 4' East of the Greenwich Meridian Position #10: between 10º
> and 14º 30' N and 50º 72' and 69º E. Position #11: latitude 21º 30'N
> in the Red Sea Position #12: 16º 17' W and 33º 22' N (Atlantis)
> Position #13: 45º 37' S , 37º 53W (Sargasso Sea) Position #14: 51º 30'
> W, 67º 39' S Position #15: South Pole, 0º latitude Position #16:
> between latitudes 53º and 56º S, 67º 50' and 77º 15' W Position #17:
> 47º 24' N and Longitude 17º 28' E Position #18: North from the English
> Channel to Lofoten, Norway, 68º 30'N, 15º E
>
>
> W. Sean Chamberlin, PhD
> Online Coordinator/Assistant Professor
> Fullerton College
> drc~at~oceansonline.com
> www.oceansonline.com
>
Received on Fri 06 Jul 2001 - 22:44:50 IDT

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