The book is excerpts from travel diaries about different countries and cities of famous and not very travelers, as well as biographies of some travelers. Among them, such famous names as James Cook, Christopher Columbus, etc. Here you will find descriptions of America, India, Italy, Algeria, Tibet, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, the Saint Germain Islands, St. Helena and many other countries and cities, islands, mountains and volcanoes. The book contains painted engraved paintings.