We call Asia Asia, and Antarctica - Antarctica. Here are the Faroe Islands, but for us it’s better to go to the Canary Islands. Words known from school sound like music: Greenland and Iceland, Missouri and Orinoco, Bosphorus and Dardanelles. What and with whom is this or that geographical name associated - who named it that way, when and why? I wish I knew! And surprise others: “By the way, about Mississippi...” This book reveals many historical and geographical secrets. Stories about the origin of the names of geographical objects often turn out to be stronger than detective novels.