Admiral de Chateau-Renault fought courageously. But when he saw that the convoy’s wealth was about to fall into enemy hands, he burned and scuttled the galleons, which went to the bottom with their immense treasures.”
Captain Nemo stopped. I admit it: I still couldn’t see how this piece of history concerned me.
“Well?” I asked him.
“Well, Professor Aronnax,” Captain Nemo answered me, “we’re actually in that Bay of Vigo,
Admiral de Chateau-Renault fought courageously. But when he saw that the convoy’s wealth was about to fall into enemy hands, he burned and scuttled the galleons, which went to the bottom with their immense treasures.”
Captain Nemo stopped. I admit it: I still couldn’t see how this piece of history concerned me.
“Well?” I asked him.
“Well, Professor Aronnax,” Captain Nemo answered me, “we’re actually in that Bay of Vigo,
