
First published in 1870 and a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series, the novel is regarded as one of the most thrilling adventure stories and one of Verne’s greatest pieces of work.

Patrick Stewart portrayed Nemo in the 2005 film Mysterious Island.The Nautilus submersible was similarly attacked by a Europan squid on Europa. Nautilus encountered a giant squid in the novel.The novel's viewpoint character, Pierre Aronnax, was presumably the namesake of Aronnax Station on Pacifica.In 2374 of an alternate timeline, Paris called Annorax "Captain Nemo", a reference to Verne's antihero. It became a favorite novel of Tom's, and fueled an obsession with sea stories, as well as a desire to join the Federation Naval Patrol. Owen Paris read Twenty Thousand Leagues to his son Tom when he was a boy. ( TOS - The Yesterday Saga novel: Yesterday's Son) He cherished the bound volume, and in his quarters aboard the starship USS Enterprise in 2270, he reread the book. Kirk bought a copy of Twenty Thousand Leagues in an antique store.

In the 23rd century on Canopus IV, James T.

( TOS - The Captain's Table novel: Where Sea Meets Sky) The designer and captain of the Nautilus was Captain Nemo, who (under the name "Nowan" ) shared a pizza with Captain Christopher Pike and Captain Hompaq in The Captain's Table before returning to 1861.
