The 23rd volume of the series “The Unknown Jules Verne” includes the 1st part of the “General History of Great Travels and Great Travelers”, dedicated to the history of geographical discoveries from the 6th century BC to the 17th century and published for the first time without extensive cuts made translated in Soviet times. In a popular form, Jules Verne describes in great detail and very entertainingly the history of famous travels and geographical discoveries.

ContentsUse the arrow to expand or collapse this sectionFamous travelers of ancient timesHannonHerodotusPytheasEudoxusStraboFamous travelers from the 1st to the 9th centuriesPaesaniusFa XianCosma IndicoplausArculfWillibardSuleimanFamous travelers of the 10th–13th centuriesVe niamin TudelaPlano CarpiniGuillaume de RubruckMarco Polo (1254–1324)Ibn Battuta (1304–1377)Jean de Betancourt (1339–1425)Christopher Columbus (1436–1506)Diogo CanBartolomeu DiasConquest of India and the Spice CountryPedro de Covilhã and Afonso de PaivaVasco da Ga Mapedro Alvares CabralDiogo DiasJoao da NovaAfonso d'AlbuquerqueTrishtan da CunhaFrancisco d'AlmeidaConquistadors of Central AmericaAlonso de OjedaJuan de La CosaAmerigo VespucciPedro Alonso NiñoVicente PinzonDiego LepeRodrigo de BastidasJuan Díaz de SolisDiego da OcampoPonce de LeonVisco Nunez de BalboaJuan de Grijalva Hernando CortesFrancisco Pizarro and his brothersDiego de AlmagroHernando de LuquePedro de ValdiviaFrancisco de OrellanaFirst circumnavigation of the world Ferdinand Magellan Juan Sebastian Elcano (del Cano) Antonio Pigafetta (Pigafetta) Polar expeditions. Search for the Northwest and Northeast PassageEirik the RedZeno BrothersGashpar and Miguel CortirialJohn CabotSebastian CabotHugh WilloughbyGiovanni da VerrazzanoJacques CartierJean François de la Roque de RobervalMartin FrobisherJohn DavisWillem Barents and Jacob van GeemskerckPirate and naval expeditionsFrancis DrakeThomas Ka WendishOliver Van NoortWalter RaleyMissionaries and settlers. Merchants and tourists Jacob Le-Mer and Willem Cornelisson Schouten Abel Janszoon Tasman Alvaro Mendaña de Neuro Pedro Arnandez de Quiros and Luis Vaez de Torres Francois Pirard from Laval Pietro della Valle Jean Baptiste Tavernier Jean de Thévenot Francois Bernier Jean Chardin Engelbert Keltfer Robbery at sea. Polar expeditions of the 17th century. and the colonization of AmericaWilliam DampierHenry HudsonButton and Captain GibbonsWilliam Baffin and Robert BylotSamuel de Champlain and Cavelier de La Salle