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re : verne



quoting richellis@nyc.rr.com
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It is obvious that Verne had read some of the 
contemporaneous descriptions of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs and had seen 
some of the more spectacular illustrations, perhaps those in Louis 
Figuierâs 1863 La Terre avant le DÃluge (Earth before the Deluge
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It is possible but I doubt it due to the date of Verne's book (1864).He rather 
found his ideas in earlier publications, IMHO.
Jean-Michel