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Jacques Cousteau. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ kuːˈstoʊ /, also UK: / ˈkuːstoʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) [1] was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which ...
Around the Moon. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. It is often considered a classic within both its genres and world literature. The novel was originally serialised from March 1869 to June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel 's French ...
Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, romanized: Atlantìs nêsos, lit. 'island of Atlas ') is a fictional island mentioned in Plato 's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world, [1][2] making ...
The Shadow over Innsmouth. The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures, and invocations.
The history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualung in 1942, the first bathyscaphe in 1948, the diving saucer in 1959, through to a new fleet of modern deep sea submersibles. A photographic essay traces man's endeavors and advances in undersea exploration.
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo (1975) Man from Atlantis (1977–1978 series) The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991 series) Willy Fog 2 (1993) seaQuest DSV (1993–1996 series, episodes) Ocean Girl (1994–1997 series, episodes) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 miniseries) Sealab 2021 (2000 ...
The History of Love: A Novel is the 2005 novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss.The book was a 2006 finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2008 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for fiction. [1] An excerpt from the novel was published in The New Yorker in 2004 under the title The Last Words on Earth.
Expert hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist specializing in Atlantean-related combat disciplines. Proficiency in politics. Hydrokinesis. Mera (/ ˈmɪərə /) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Miller and Nick Cardy, the character first appeared in Aquaman #11 (September 1963).