Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

1870. Professor Aronnax agrees to join the crew of a ship whose mission is to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster. Finally hunting their quarry down, the men discover that it is a large electrically powered submarine, the NAUTILUS. Aronnax and hot-tempered harpoonist Ned Land are imprisoned on this remarkable vessel, captained by the renegade scientist and misanthropic recluse, Nemo. Among deep-sea volcanoes, sunken ships, and exotic creatures, Nemo steers the NAUTILUS through fantastic underwater vistas, from Atlantis to the Antarctic ice shelves. But the visitors remain as prisoners, and Land is constantly planning an escape...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne