Captain Nemo/Lt-General Pitt Rivers and Cleopatra’s Needle — A Story of Flagships

Recently re-reading Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea for our children I was struck by the marked similarities between the novel’s elusive protagonist, Captain Nemo, and the renowned later 19th century British archaeologist, Lt.-General Pitt Rivers. Could the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christopher Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2005-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/145