Jules Verne 'Around the Moon' — Recovery of the Projectile at Sea, Italian Edition ('Intorno alla Luna')

This wood engraving illustrates the climactic recovery scene from Jules Verne's 'Autour de la Lune' (Around the Moon), the sequel to 'From the Earth to the Moon.' Captain Blomsberry and the crew of the Susquehanna search the Pacific for the splashed-down projectile carrying Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michel Ardan. The engraving shows the submerged capsule glimpsed underwater amid fish, its searchlight beams cutting through the dark sea as sailors prepare the salvage operation — a tense, atmospheric moment blending 19th-century adventure with proto-science-fiction imagery.