Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

found: Wikipedia, November 15, 2013(Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. Original title: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. Language: French. Genre: Science fiction, adventure novel)

found: Wikipedia, November 15, 2013(20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film), silent film directed by Stuart Paton, based on the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), American adventure film, first science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Productions, as well as the only science fiction film personally produced by Walt Disney, best-known adaptation of the book of the same name by Jules Verne)

found: Stableford, Brian M. Historical dictionary of science fiction literature, 2004, viewed online via Google books, November 15, 2013:page 371 (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (1870))

found: OCLC, November 15, 2013(some manifestations have title proper: 20000 lieues sous les mers; 20.000 lieues sous les mers; 20 000 lieues sous les mers; 20,000 lieues sous les mers)

found: The complete Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, 1991:page ix (Jules Verne's Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) page 42 (Verne early refers to his novel simply as Voyage sous les eaux and Vingt-cinq mille lieues sous les eaux. And he also mentioned the book as Mille lieues sous les océans) page 43 (originally appeared in Hetzel's series Le Magasin illustré d'éducation et de récréation, volumes 11 to 13, numbers 121 through 151, from March 20, 1869 to June 20, 1870. In October 1869 the first volume appeare in small format, and the second volume was issued in June 1870)