About
Spanish intellectual, artist and engineer who invented the world's first submarine that could stay submerged with its own air supply. He made his first dives with his sub, which was named Ictineo I, during the summer of 1859.
Before Fame
He attained a law degree in Barcelona in 1845 but never practiced law.
Trivia
He was not the first person to invent a submarine, but he did create the first fully functional one, which he he hoped would be used to help Spanish divers find coral.
Family Life
His father worked as a cooper.
Associated With
His invention inspired Jules Verne to write '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and based the fictional Nautilus sub on Narcis's design.
