The book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was written by whom?

The book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was written by Jules Verne. The French science-fiction adventure novel was first published in serial form from 1869 to 1870 and appeared in book form in 1870. Its original French title, Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers, is often translated as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

The story follows Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and Canadian harpooner Ned Land after they are captured by Captain Nemo aboard the submarine Nautilus. Nemo’s vessel explores the oceans while remaining independent of governments and conventional society.

The title refers to distance traveled beneath the seas, not depth. A league varies by region, but Verne’s figure is commonly estimated at about 80,000 kilometers. Readers also commonly confuse the novel with the 1954 Disney film, which is an adaptation rather than the original work. Verne drew on contemporary submarine experiments, including the French Plongeur, to imagine the Nautilus decades before submarines became practical military vessels.