So many leagues under the sea its actually...

[Caledonian]

My beloved boyfriend has made an observation about Jules Verne's work.
His musings were as follows:

Conversion
1 nautical league = 5.556 km = 3.45234 miles

20000 leagues = 111120 Km

The diameter of Earth = 12742 km.

(111120 - 12742)km = 98378km

The distance from Earth to the moon is 363194km at perigee  and 405696km at apogee, therefore the average is 384400km.

At average;

(384400 - 98378)km = 286022km

Therefore we can conclude, that the novel “20000 leagues under the Sea” should take place about a quarter of the distance between the Earth and the Moon

Thus, it is a novel about Space Exploration.

[RT Livingstone]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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[Caledonian]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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That's a lot less fun

[Banfili]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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That's a lot less fun

How true is that! Space exploration should be more fun, but, considering some of the stuff floating around in the ocean depths, you just never know!

[Hez]

and something I had never considered.   I like the way your guy thinks.

[Caledonian]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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My beloved boyfriend wants me to counter this with if that's the distance traveller that's about 3 times around the earth. Which is still incredible

[Banfili]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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My beloved boyfriend wants me to counter this with if that's the distance traveller that's about 3 times around the earth. Which is still incredible

It is a grand distance, & your boyfriend should be commended!

[Fairley B. Strange]

Given the prescience of Mr Verne, now I'm wondering if our current nuclear boats have any published distance records?

And trying to resist the urge to find the cruising speed of the Nautilus to do some travel time calculations...

[Deimos]

That would work except, the title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. This is more easily understood by the actual title of the book, which, by literal translation, should say “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” (not “Sea”)

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My beloved boyfriend wants me to counter this with if that's the distance traveller that's about 3 times around the earth. Which is still incredible

The distance that you calculated that equals three times around the earth is "as the crow flies"; i.e a straight line that follows the equator.
But the Nautilus did not travel in a straight line following the equator.
It does a lot of meandering, doubling back, going up and down channels, visiting islands, caves etc.
And just like surface ships that move from the Atlantic to the Pacific (or vice-versa), the Nautilus has to round either Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope, the Panama Canal not being completed until the early 20th C.
It's been awhile since I read the book, so I can't recall if the Nautilus rounded one or both capes, but either way is going to rack up a lot of extra miles/kilometers that, when added to all the miles of meandering, could conceivably equal three times the circumference of the earth.