G. Roux Illustration: Nautilus Crew at Polar Ice Cave, Jules Verne

Drawn directly from Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' or 'The Mysterious Island,' this dramatic G. Roux engraving captures the Nautilus submarine surfaced beside a towering polar ice formation, her crew rowing a longboat through churning black waters toward a cavernous ice grotto. The contrast of the sleek, riveted submarine hull against savage, fractured ice cliffs perfectly embodies Verne's tension between rational technology and terrifying natural extremes.