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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

Jules Verne (1828-1905)

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1. 1-01 – A Captain of the Woods
2. 1-02 – Robber and Robbed
3. 1-03 – The Garral Family
4. 1-04 – Hesitation
5. 1-05 – The Amazon
6. 1-06 – A Forest on the Ground
7. 1-07 – Following a Liana
8. 1-08 – The Jangada
9. 1-09 – The Evening of the 5th of June
10. 1-10 – From Iquitos to Pevas
11. 1-11 – From Pevas to the Frontier
12. 1-12 – Fragoso at Work
13. 1-13 – Torres
14. 1-14 – Still Descending
15. 1-15 – The Continued Descent
16. 1-16 – Ega
17. 1-17 – An Attack
18. 1-18 – The Arrival Dinner
19. 1-19 – Ancient History
20. 1-20 – Between the Two Men
21. 2-01 – Manaos
22. 2-02 – The First Moments
23. 2-03 – Retrospective
24. 2-04 – Moral Proofs
25. 2-05 – Material Proofs
26. 2-06 – The Last Blow
27. 2-07 – Resolutions
28. 2-08 – The First Search
29. 2-09 – The Second Attempt
30. 2-10 – A Cannon Shot
31. 2-11 – The Contents of the Case
32. 2-12 – The Cryptogram
33. 2-13 – Is it a Matter of Figures?
34. 2-14 – Chance!
35. 2-15 – The Last Efforts
36. 2-16 – Preperations
37. 2-17 – The Last Night
38. 2-18 – Fragoso
39. 2-19 – The Crime of Tijuco
40. 2-20 – The Lower Amazon

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First published in 1881, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is an adventure novel in two parts by Jules Verne, having a basis in codes and cryptography. Unlike many of his other stories, it is not a work of science fiction. Rather, it describes a voyage down the Amazon River on a large raft, or jangada). Many aspects of the raft, scenery, and journey are described in detail.

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