# The Giant Raft — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Giant Raft by Jules Verne.

- [Part I: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/part-i-eight-hundred-leagues-on-the-amazon.md): The opening of the novel sets the stage for a journey along the Amazon River, introducing the Garral family and their preparations for a significant voyage. The narrative establishes the setting, the characters, and the 
- [A Captain of the Woods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/i-a-captain-of-the-woods.md): The chapter introduces Torres, a former slave hunter and captain of the woods, who is deciphering a cryptogram that holds a secret about a rich man's honor and life. He plans to use the document to extort money from the 
- [Robber and Robbed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/ii-robber-and-robbed.md): Torres, sleeping under a tree, is robbed of his metal case by a guariba monkey. He chases the monkey through the forest in vain until two hunters, Benito and Manoel, shoot the monkey dead, recovering the case and returni
- [The Garral Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/iii-the-garral-family.md): This chapter recounts the history of Joam Garral, who was rescued from starvation by the Portuguese farmer Magalhães and eventually became his partner and son-in-law, marrying his daughter Yaquita. It describes the growt
- [IV: Hesitation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/iv-hesitation.md): Yaquita Garral approaches her husband Joam about their daughter Minha's marriage to Manoel Valdez. She proposes that the wedding take place in Belém so that Minha can meet her future mother-in-law, Madame Valdez. Joam in

> 38 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_giant_raft_se_1117kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Amazon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/v-the-amazon.md)
- [A Forest on the Ground](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/vi-a-forest-on-the-ground.md)
- [Following a Liana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/vii-following-a-liana.md)
- [VIII: The Jangada](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/viii-the-jangada.md)
- [The Evening of the Fifth of June](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/ix-the-evening-of-the-fifth-of-june.md)
- [From Iquitos to Pevas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/x-from-iquitos-to-pevas.md)
- [From Pevas to the Frontier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xi-from-pevas-to-the-frontier.md)
- [Fragoso at Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xii-fragoso-at-work.md)
- [Torres](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiii-torres.md)
- [XIV: Still Descending](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiv-still-descending.md)
- [XV: The Continued Descent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xv-the-continued-descent.md)
- [XVI: Ega](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xvi-ega.md)
- [An Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xvii-an-attack.md)
- [XVIII: The Arrival Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xviii-the-arrival-dinner.md)
- [Ancient History](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xix-ancient-history.md)
- [XX: Between the Two Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xx-between-the-two-men.md)
- [Part II: The Cryptogram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/part-ii-the-cryptogram.md)
- [Manaus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/i-manaus.md)
- [II: The First Moments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/ii-the-first-moments.md)
- [Retrospective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/iii-retrospective.md)
- [Moral Proofs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/iv-moral-proofs.md)
- [V: Material Proofs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/v-material-proofs.md)
- [VI: The Last Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/vi-the-last-blow.md)
- [Resolutions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/vii-resolutions.md)
- [VIII: The First Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/viii-the-first-search.md)
- [IX: The Second Attempt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/ix-the-second-attempt.md)
- [X: A Cannon Shot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/x-a-cannon-shot.md)
- [XI: The Contents of the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xi-the-contents-of-the-case.md)
- [The Document](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xii-the-document.md)
- [XIII: Is It a Matter of Figures?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiii-is-it-a-matter-of-figures.md)
- [XIV: Chance!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiv-chance.md)
- [XV: The Last Efforts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xv-the-last-efforts.md)
- [XVI: Preparations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xvi-preparations.md)
- [The Last Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xvii-the-last-night.md)
- [XVIII: Fragoso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xviii-fragoso.md)
- [The Crime of Tijuco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xix-the-crime-of-tijuco.md)
- [XX: The Lower Amazon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xx-the-lower-amazon.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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