The earth was once covered completely in water, but after some time, the mountaintops began to appear, then islands wer seen, which later settled to form the continents of the earth. The shape of the continents allow us to divide the seas into five great bodies of water: the Arctic of North Pole, the Antarctic of the South Pole, the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans.

The Pacific Ocean stretches between Asian and America, and is considered to be the quietest of seas, producing a great deal of rain. It was in this ocean that I was introduced to the Nautilus and its mysterious captain.

Sir, said the Captain Nemo, It is almost noon, we will now go to the surface.

A few minutes later, we were at the surface of the water, I went to the central stairs and walked up to the surface of the ocean. The platform was only three feet out of water. I noticed that the iron pieces put together to make the covering looked a great deal like the skin of a fish. I now understand why so many ships that had seen the Nautilus, thought it to be a great sea animal. The sea was beautiful. I could see nothing but the ocean, no islands or ships. A great desert of water.