The new edition of the book of the famous Russian geographer, traveler and scientist Mikhail Ivanovich Venyukov includes "Memories of the settlement of the Amur in 1857-1858," essays "Review of the Ussuri River and lands east of it to the sea" and "Journey to China and Japan." In his book, written from the standpoint of an advanced scientist, a fiery patriot of the Fatherland, M. I. Venyukov affirms the priority of Russian science in the discovery and study of the Amur and Primorye, exposes the aggressive, expansionist policy of the English, French, American colonialists in the countries of the Far East, shows the progressive significance of Russia's assertion on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.