The Nautilus easily avoided the breakers of Money to port and the Victoria reefs to starboard, placed at 130 deg.

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and on the 10th parallel, which we strictly followed.
On the 13th of January, Captain Nemo arrived in the Sea of Timor, and recognised the island of that name in 122 deg.

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From this point the direction of the Nautilus inclined towards the south-west.

Her head was set for the Indian Ocean.

Where would the fancy of Captain Nemo carry us next?
Would he return to the coast of Asia or would he approach again the shores of Europe?
Improbable conjectures both, to a man who fled from inhabited continents.