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A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder by James De Mille · Booklabria

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First published: 1888
Editions: 110 in 2 languages

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Four men aboard a boat find the titular strange manuscript in a cylindar floating in the sea. It turns out to be the story of Adam More, a sailor stranded in a savage hidden country in Antarctica. In this "nation" are everything from cannibals to kings and the bizarre citizens love death and poverty as other nations love life and prosperity. Can Adam escape...?

Subjects: History
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction, Action & Adventure
Sea stories
Set in: Antarctica
Time: 19th Century; 1843

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