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In a novel by this author, the prisoner Ayrton offers to give his knowledge about Captain Grant to British officials. This author of In Search of the Castaways wrote about an offering of $2,000 by Farragut (-5[1])for anyone who could find a mysterious (-5[1])animal aboard the Abraham Lincoln. (-5[1])A character created by (-5[1])this author (15[1])was born as Prince Dakkar (15[1])and travels with his servant (*) Conseil. At the end of a novel (10[1])by this author, Pierre Aronax and Ned Land escape the Nautilus of Captain Nemo (10[1])as it is dragged (10[1])into a whirlpool. (10[1])For 10 points, name this French (-5[1])author of many adventure novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under (10[1])the Sea. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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