About the book: 1961 / Born in Denmark and invited by Peter the Great to serve in the Russian fleet, this wonderful sailor and brave man, persistent in achieving his goal, went down in history as great Russian traveler. The remarkable voyages of the famous sailor on the ships of the Russian fleet resolved the question of the existence of the strait separating the Eurasian continent from America, and were a major contribution to the study of the North. The author of the book is the famous Soviet writer Nikolai Chukovsky (born in 1904). At first he acted as a translator. In particular, he translated “Treasure Island” by Stevenson, “A Yankee at King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain, and the main works of Seton-Thompson. Among Nikolai Chukovsky’s own works, the books “Yaroslavl”, “Prince’s Corner”, “Baltic” are especially popular among readers. sky».