About the book: 1979 / ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀This book is for boys who are in love with the sea. This book is a collection of stories and essays about famous ships and captains of the era of sailing fleet. Together with the author, you will visit on board the brig "Saint Nicholas", which was wrecked off the coast of Alaska, and on the ship of the pirate Michel Le Basque, who, together with John Morgan, captured and plundered the South American cities of Maracaibo and Panama. You will learn what Lloyd's Insurance Company is and sail from St. Petersburg to Japan on the beautiful Russian frigate Pallada. You will read about the predecessor of the October cruiser "Aurora" - the frigate "Aurora", which alone fought against an entire squadron in Avacha Bay in Kamchatka. Fair wind and six feet of water under your keel, friends!