The Sea Serpent: The Yarns of Jean Marie Cabidoulin (French: Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin, lit. The Stories of Jean-Marie Cabidoulin) is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne first published in 1901. The story centers on a French whaling ship, the St. Enoch, which sets out from Le Havre on a voyage to kill whales for their meat and oil. The ship's cooper is the eponymous Cabidoulin, a firm believer in the existence of a giant serpent with a habit of dragging vessels to their doom.

The Sea Serpent
Title page of 1st illustrated French edition
AuthorJules Verne
Original titleLes Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin
TranslatorI. O. Evans
IllustratorGeorges Roux
LanguageFrench
SeriesThe Extraordinary Voyages No. 49
GenreAdventure novel
PublisherPierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
1901
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1967
Media typePrint (hardback)
Preceded byThe Village in the Treetops 
Followed byThe Kip Brothers 

Publication history

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  • 1967, UK, London, Arco, 191 pp., 60 illus., First English translation[1]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Arthur B. (March 2005). "A Bibliography of Jules Verne's English Translations". Science Fiction Studies. 32 (1): 136. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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