The desire to search for unknown lands and explore distant countries has probably been inherent in humanity since its inception. At all times there were people who challenged the unknown and boldly set off to meet adventures and dangers. The book, which continues the popular 500 Greats series, tells about the amazing fates and discoveries of great travelers and explorers - from antiquity to the present day. The reader will meet among the heroes of the book Marco Polo and Ibn-Battuta, Athanasius Nikitin and Hernan Cortes, Vitus Bering and Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Nikolai Przhevalsky and Miklouho-Maclay, Robert Piri and Roald Amundsen.