They Explored Dark Tunnels

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Zoom in — The colonists even explored dark tunnels…

Artist

Name:: Férat, Jules
Dates:: 1829-1906
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Barbant, Charles
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: L'île mystérieuse
Author:: Verne, Jules
Publisher:: Paris: Hetzel, n.d.
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Description:

A group of men stands at the entrance of a rocky tunnel. One of them has climbed onto a large rock lying on the ground and holds a torch high above his head, peering into the depths ahead of him.

The caption reads in the original French: Les colons visitèrent même de sombres tunnels…

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