been gone for just five minutes. I was busy tracing the Nautilus’s course on the world map. The captain approached, placed a finger over a position on the chart, and pronounced just one word:
“Vanikoro.”
This name was magic! It was the name of those islets where vessels under the Count de La Pérouse had miscarried. I straightened suddenly.
“The Nautilus is bringing us to Vanikoro?” I asked.
“Yes, professor,” the captain replied.
been gone for just five minutes. I was busy tracing the Nautilus’s course on the world map. The captain approached, placed a finger over a position on the chart, and pronounced just one word:
“Vanikoro.”
This name was magic! It was the name of those islets where vessels under the Count de La Pérouse had miscarried. I straightened suddenly.
“The Nautilus is bringing us to Vanikoro?” I asked.
“Yes, professor,” the captain replied.
