1871 to 1971........the year I was born..........what an odd karma I have indeed....

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Frontispiece of 1871 edition
Author	Jules Verne
Original title	Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
Illustrator	Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou
Country	France
Language	French
Series	Voyages Extraordinaires
Genre	Adventure
Publisher	Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date	1870
Published in English	1872
Preceded by	In Search of the Castaways
Followed by	Around the Moon

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.
The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation. The deluxe illustrated edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.^[1] The book was highly acclaimed when released and still is now; it is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. The description of Nemo's ship, called the Nautilus, was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels.^{[citation needed]}