In Search of the Castaways
by Jules Verne
- First published
- 1864
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1867–68. When a mysterious bottle reveals fragments of Captain Grant's location after his shipwreck, Lord and Lady Glenarvan embark on an extraordinary rescue mission with the captain's children. With only partial coordinates pointing to the 37th parallel south, they must circumnavigate the globe through South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Accompanied by an absent-minded French geographer and facing treacherous betrayals, the expedition races to solve cryptic clues and find the missing captain.
- Australia
- Ship captains
- South America
- Voyages and travels
- Seafaring life
- Castaways
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #2083. In Search of the Castaways on Wikipedia.
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