100 великих путешественников

From time immemorial, people have been attracted by distant and mysterious countries, legends about fabulous treasures, legends about the "golden age", news of a happy and just life "over the horizon". Already in the states of antiquity, rulers and commanders equipped expeditions in search of new sea and land routes, sent armies to conquer the tribes and peoples of the "unknown lands". Later, kings and sultans, merchants and scientific communities tried to push the boundaries of the known world, look into the remote corners of the planet. But not all of the desperate sailors and explorers returned to their homes. This book tells about the discoveries and amazing fates of great travelers and explorers from different eras and countries. The reader will meet among the heroes of the book Herodotus and Strabo, Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, Afanasy Nikitin and Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes and Yermak, Erofei Khabarov and Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Nikolai Przhevalsky and Miklukho-Maclay, Robert Piri and Rual Amundsen.