(example left) associated with an individual design below to Or viewing the models, or to comment on the models. Please e-mail me if you have any problems downloading the plug-in MetaStream 2 plug-in, unfortunately now only available here, for PCs and Macs. To view them in 3D, you will need JavaScript enabled and a These are simplified gray scale models constructed in RayDream Studio without frills, but by examining them from all sides in the MetaStream window you can get a good impression of the models' appearance. I've presented some of these designs in 3D form using MetaStream technology. Story that builds on Jules Verne's own semi-sequel Mysterious Island.Įlevation graphics were done from images from several angles so positioning and

Roman Ceano with help from his daughter Rose imagined an interesting and Later Greg Merkle offered his illustrated analysis here. His design process that you can read here. One designer, Paul Kreutzer, wrote a feature-by-feature narrative describing When the designer provided some explanation I've included There's a unique story behind each of the designsįeatured here.

I will remove any of these if theĬopyright holder has a problem with this. Unavailability of these illustrations, I've taken the liberty of including smallĬopies of some copyrighted images. Least one of these was originally published many years earlier than theĮdition I saw and the same may be true of others. 'illustrated' and are mostly 2D CorelDraw recreations. In 1999 I conducted an extensive survey of illustratedĮditions of 20,000 Leagues and added the interesting designs I found, dated from 1932 to 1992. You to look for the relationships among them all. Some as other submarines inspired by the Nautilus or from the same era,Īnd at least one as not related to the Nautilus at all. Some of the designers identify their creations as the Nautilus, Most illustrations are more or less the same I’ve organized theĭesigns in roughly but not strict chronological order to provide something of an

Of the first generation Nautilus from Alan Moore's Extraordinary Or even Mysterious Island, but a new generation. The movie's very different 'Sword of the Sea' design, are stillĮxcluded because these are not the Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Although interesting in their own way, the versionsįrom the original League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel and The result is a much moreĭiverse collection. Verne's spirit if not his words, sometimes because it purports to be Verne's Nautilus,Īnd sometimes simply because I find it cool. Sometimes a Nautilus is here because it has a prominentįeature similar to a design already included, sometimes because it is true to As the collection has grown I've expanded the criteria for That I considered compatible or consistent at least in part with Jules Verne'sĭescription. Originally, the catalog was limited to versions of the Nautilus (KenĪnslow records some interesting thoughts about creative cross-pollination andĭiffering visions evoked by a writer's words.

What began as a passive collection has become an active inspiration. Who viewed the page produced new boats incorporating features they saw here. Cross-pollination has occurred when designers List has grown and grown, as has the popularity of the page. This page, I had only a small collection of designs to feature.

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