Children of Captain Grant

Author: [French] Jules Verne
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This exciting science fiction and geographical novel can not only cultivate teenagers' strong will and courage to overcome difficulties but also enrich their scientific, geographical, and cultural knowledge. It is an invaluable extracurricular reading material for young people. The novel depicts the owner of the Scottish cruise ship "Duncan," Sir George Gordon, who, by chance, receives a distress from the Scottish sailor Harry Grant, who disappeared two years ago due to a maritime accident. He requests the British government to dispatch a fleet to search for him. However, the British government, which has long discriminated against the Scots, refuses Sir Gordon's request. Sir George Gordon is extremely angry at the British government's attitude and, determined, organizes a small expedition team himself, leading them personally to complete the task of finding Captain Grant. He takes Captain Grant's two daughters with him, traveling along the 37th parallel south through the mountains and grasslands of South America, crossing Australia and New Zealand, and circumnavigating the Earth.