About the book: 1970 / The new edition of the book by the famous Russian geographer, traveler and scientist Mikhail Ivanovich Venyukov includes "Memoirs of the settlement of the Amur in 1857— 1858”, essays “Overview of the Ussuri River and the lands east of it to the sea” and “Travel to China and Japan”. In his book, written from the position of an advanced scientist, an ardent patriot of the Fatherland, M. I. Venyukov asserts the priority of Russian science in the discovery and study of the Amur and Primorye regions, exposes the aggressive, expansionist policies of the English, French, and American colonialists in the countries of the Far East, shows the progressive significance of Russia’s establishment on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.