In the works of the great French author Jules Verne, which illuminate all grand voyages and are devoted to great travelers, we will see a very meticulous description of expeditions made by famous seafarers such as Columbus, Drake, Captain Cook, Lapérouse, Tasman, and many others.
Thanks to them, new worlds of the Americas, Australia, and Oceania were opened to the astonished human race. On the pages of “The Story of Voyages,” we learn how Europeans studied unknown animals and plants, how they encountered new peoples and became familiar with their customs. The author writes with enthusiasm about the adventures of the pioneers of the unexplored expanses of Africa and Asia. Jules Verne also did not forget about the brave Russian researchers: Bering, Pallas, Krusenstern, Lütke, and others. The book concludes with the story of the discovery of the last unknown human territories on Earth — the North and South Poles.