- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
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Verne, Jules
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First published in 1881, Eight Hundred Miles on the Amazon is an adventure novel in two parts by Jules Verne, having elements of 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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- Chapters
- Part 1, Chapter 1: A Captain of the Woods
- Part 1, Chapter 2: Robber and Robbed
- Part 1, Chapter 3: The Garral Family
- Part 1, Chapter 4: Hesitation
- Part 1, Chapter 5: The Amazon
- Part 1, Chapter 6: A Forest on the Ground
- Part 1, Chapter 7: Following a Liana
- Part 1, Chapter 8: The Jangada
- Part 1, Chapter 9: The Evening of the Fifth of June
- Part 1, Chapter 10: From Iquitos to Pevas
- Part 1, Chapter 11: From Pevas to the Frontier
- Part 1, Chapter 12:Fragoso at Work
- Part 1, Chapter 13: Torres
- Part 1, Chapter 14: Still Descending
- Part 1, Chapter 15: The Continued Descent
- Part 1, Chapter 16: Ega
- Part 1, Chapter 17: An Attack
- Part 1, Chapter 18: The Arrival Dinner
- Part 1, Chapter 19: Ancient History
- Part 1, Chapter 20: Between the Two Men
- Part 2, Chapter 1: Manaos
- Part 2, Chapter 2: The First Moments
- Part 2, Chapter 3: Retrospective
- Part 2, Chapter 4: Moral Proofs
- Part 2, Chapter 5: Material Proofs
- Part 2, Chapter 6: The Last Blow
- Part 2, Chapter 7: Resolutions
- Part 2, Chapter 8: The First Search
- Part 2, Chapter 9: The Second Attempt
- Part 2, Chapter 10: A Cannon Shot
- Part 2, Chapter 11: The Contents of the Case
- Part 2, Chapter 12: The Document
- Part 2, Chapter 13: Is it a Matter of Figures?
- Part 2, Chapter 14: Chance!
- Part 2, Chapter 15: The Last Efforts
- Part 2, Chapter 16: Preparations
- Part 2, Chapter 17: The Last Night
- Part 2, Chapter 18: Fragoso
- Part 2, Chapter 19: The Crime of Tijuco
- Part 2, Chapter 20: the Lower Amazon
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