In 1929 Joan Marín published the story of his journey in a luxury cruise liner, in a cheery and optimistic account that we have now managed to recover, eighty years later, in order to offer modern-day readers a chance to transport themselves into the golden period of the great cruise liners. In the company of the author, we can discover cities, landscapes, monuments, picturesque scenes and surprising situations. In short, as the author himself says, “the idea is that the description of the marvellous countries I have just visited acts as a stimulus to awaken in my readers a desire to visit them.