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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne

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Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Publisher: W. L. Allison
ISBN/ASIN: B001TOCBAI
Number of pages: 274

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Verne skillfully mixes a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.

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