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  2. A Stranger Came Ashore - Wikipedia

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    A Stranger Came Ashore is a 1975 young adult novel written by Scottish author Mollie Hunter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Set in the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland , the plot revolves around a boy called Robbie Henderson, his family and a mysterious stranger named Finn Learson.

  3. Atlantis in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The civilisation, known as the Nartec, tell their own tale as to how they came to be under the sea, but although Marco jokingly suggests that the group have discovered Atlantis, the name never appears. After the Animorphs make their escape, the Nartec do not appear or are even mentioned in later novels, leaving their fate undetermined.

  4. John Ernest Williamson - Wikipedia

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    A 1915 illustration of the tube, drawn by Ernest's younger brother George [1] Williamson descending into the tube with camera. John Ernest Williamson (8 December 1881 – 15 July 1966) was an English filmmaker who invented the "photosphere" from which he filmed and photographed undersea. [2]

  5. List of underwater science fiction works - Wikipedia

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    Under the Seas (1907) The Tunnel (1915) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) The Mysterious Island (1929) Der Tunnel (1933) Le Tunnel (1933) The Tunnel (1935) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Invention for Destruction (1958) The Atomic Submarine (1959) On the Beach (1959) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ...

  6. They Came from the Sea - Wikipedia

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    They Came from the Sea is a 1955 Australian novel by E. V. Timms. It was the eighth in his Great South Land Saga of novels. The Argues said "although not in the first rank of recent Australian novels, is an exciting book, full of incident." [1] The novel was serialised for Australian radio in 1965, adapted by Colin Roderick and read by Max ...

  7. Baku - Wikipedia

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    At this time, the city was enclosed within lines of strong walls, which were washed by the sea on one side and protected by a wide trench on land. The Ottomans briefly gained control over Baku as a result of the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578–1590; by 1607, it came under Iranian control again. [28] In 1604 Shah Abbas I (r.

  8. Earthsea (universe) - Wikipedia

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    Earthsea is a fictional world created by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Introduced in her short story "The Word of Unbinding", published in 1964, Earthsea became the setting for a further six books, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, and continuing with The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind.

  9. Fathoms Below - Wikipedia

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    The "ship full of sailors first came onto the stage in the “Fathoms Below” number", [5] and they sing about the mysteriousness of the deep blue sea, and mythical stories of the merfolk, such as "look out lad, a mermaid be waiting for you".