The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was published in 1912. The premise is that an explorer has traveled to South America and there's a little part of the world where prehistoric animals have survived, spoiler alert, they're dinosaurs. And this is what launched the entire Jurassic Park series. So enjoy the words that inspired Jurassic Park and everything that came after it in that series.