A great popular scientific work "History of great travels and great travelers" Jules Verne wrote for 16 years. It vividly and entertainingly describes the most significant journeys, discoveries, events that gradually changed man’s idea of the geography of the world, erasing white spots on maps, promising wealth and becoming the causes of wars. The author covered the period from ancient times to the 40s of the XIX century .. He was greatly assisted in his work by geographer, translator and librarian Gabriel Marcel.. The third volume of "History", entitled "Travelers of the XIX century", tells about sea and land expeditions made at the turn of the century and in the first third of the XIX century. They erased white spots from maps of Arabia and Central Africa, Brazil and North America, Central Asia and Mexico; brave travelers went to the southern polar continent and searched for the Northwest Passage. The basis of the translation in this book is a "canonical" translation, first published in the 50s. 20th Century . It was re-aligned with the original, the text corrected inaccuracies and restored extensive bills. Translation of missing passages - A. Moskvina . He also re-created a list of additional literature[edit]