The book is intended for high school students. It includes excerpts from popular science geographical books on the course of mainland geography. After reading the book, students will better learn the peculiarities and originality of the nature of South and North America and Eurasia, get acquainted in more detail with the life and economic activities of the peoples inhabiting them. The material of the book is located in a sequence close to the structure of the school curriculum of the course "Geography of the Continents."