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What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known! And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Jules Gabriel Verne
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