Asterix and the Great Crossing (French: La Grande traversee) is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). Unhygienix is out of fresh fish (as always), which is "shipped" overland in ox-drawn carts from Lutetia (Paris), and Getafix says that he needs some for his magic potion. Asterix and Obelix borrow a boat from Geriatrix and go fishing. After a storm, they get lost, but despite Obelix's concerns, they do not reach the edge of the world. Instead, they arrive on an island (North America) with delicious birds the Gauls call "gobblers" (turkeys), bears and "Romans" with strange facial paintings (Indians).