地質學家李登布洛克教授在羊皮紙上發現了一封密碼信,經過多日的解讀後,得知該信是一個冰島的煉金術士所寫,信中表示冰島的其中一個火山口能通往地 心,教授得知後隨即帶著侄子阿克賽出發。在路上,他們在冰島上聘請了一名當地的導遊漢恩斯,三人千辛萬苦終於跟隨前人的足跡下去到火山底部,沿著熔岩的通 道前進,在地底中發現了一個大海,海岸生長了巨大型植物,而海底裡更存在第二紀的古生物,還發現了古人類的骸骨。繼續前行的途中,遇到巨石的阻礙,他們使 用炸藥炸開通道,但亦在海岸炸開一個缺堤,三人隨著海水沖到更深的地底。不過激烈的震動引發了火山爆發,他們被火山的氣流噴出地底。回到地面時,已經身在 義大利……
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When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner.
Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and illustrator who worked with Jules Verne on six of his novels, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Journey to the Centre of the Earth also includes an afterword by Ned Halley.