A water-damaged message found in a shark leads Lord Glenarvan's expedition around the entire 37th parallel — through the Andes, the Argentine pampas, and the Australian bush — hunting a shipwrecked captain.
Books mentioned in In Search of the Castaways (2)
The Lusiads by Luís de Camões: “Yes, my friend, the LUSIADES of the great Camoens, neither more nor less.”
The Tempest by William Shakespeare: “He reminds me of your great Shakespeare's boatswain in the 'Tempest,' who says to the king on board: 'Hence! What care these roarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! Trouble us not.'”
Books that mention In Search of the Castaways (1)
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec: “connect them magnificently to The Children of Captain Grant and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea”