The Sea Serpent
The history of Jean -Marie Cabidoulin (also Monsieur Cabidoulin and the Great Sea Serpent, from the stories of Jean- Marie Cooper Cabidoulin or the sea serpent ) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne. The novel was first published in 1901 by the publisher Pierre -Jules Hetzel under the French title Les Histoires de Jean -Marie Cabidoulin. The first German -language edition was published in 1901 under the title The history of Jean -Marie Cabidoulin. The English title of the novel is The Sea Serpent: The Yarns of Jean Marie Cabidoulin, The Sea Serpent and The Stories of Jean -Marie Cabidoulin.
Action
The whalers Saint Enoch is set to expire on its next whaling trip. There are two reasons why the ship 's journey can not begin. Two important posts in the occupation are not yet occupied. There is a lack of important ship's doctor and the onboard Böttcher. The cooper is required for the preservation of the catch on the whaler, as he has the job to repair broken barrels and seal the barrels after the recovery of the trans. Captain Bourcart is unhappy with the situation, as the season is imminent in the South Seas. Young Dr. Filhiol applies as a ship's doctor. Captain Bourcart is immediately impressed by him. Dr. Filhiol has an additional tip. He suggests the fifty-two Jean -Marie Cabidoulin ago as a participant of the expedition. Cabidoulin is an old sea dog and since his youth on the world 's oceans. He is full of superstition and makes gloomy prophecies, which makes him unpopular with the other sailors. However, Captain Bourcart has no alternative and agrees to hire to Cabidoulin.
The Saint Enoch can now run out to their journey. On board the everyday life of a seafaring begins. The whaling is conducted with small exposed boats. Whaling is successful. However Cabidoulin spins always be yarn. He repeatedly told of the Great Sea Serpent. He even she never met, but he is full of foreboding about it. He convinced the team that a disaster is imminent. However, the whaling expedition continues to be successful. After successfully completing the hunting season in the South Pacific of the hold of the ship is filled with Tranfässern. An American captain gives Bourcart the tip that it can charge are selling well in Vancouver. Followed by a further season in the northern seas. After one and a half years, leaving Captain Bourcart the fishing luck. A fishing season can last up to three years. But now views the crew no more whales. The rivalry with the British whalers " Repton " does not improve the situation as well.
After a while piling up strange events. Shocked fishermen are on the run from a giant Something that can not be identified. The crew sees several injured or dead whales, which are slashed, but finds no cause. As the crew continues to have no successful catch, the captain decides to drive from the northern seas south again. The Repton selects the same path. Set in the deep ocean travels the Saint Enoch on a reef. While the team is researching this unusual object, the Repton goes under in a boiling lake in the eyes of the French. In spite of previous rivalry, the people of Saint Enoch endeavor to save the British occupation. The Saint Enoch consists entirely surprising without sail with the cliff in motion. The crew suspects a tidal wave as the cause. However, the real reason is hidden from them. Cabidoulin course, is convinced that it is the Great Sea Serpent. The Saint Enoch is suddenly thrown onto a formation of pack ice and thereby destroyed. The members of the two crews on board can save by a miracle. Captain Bourcart decides to abandon the wreck and to begin a march toward populated areas. The sailors are rescued by another ship and come to some detours back to Europe. Cabidoulin is firmly convinced that he will never go back on board a ship. The reason for the strange events, however, remains forever a mystery.