Captains of Frigates

Fascinating stories by the famous Soviet writer Nikolai Chukovsky describe the circumnavigations of renowned captains, explorers, and researchers of new lands in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The main characters of the book are the Englishman James Cook and the Frenchmen Jean François de La Pérouse and Jules Dumont d'Urville, as well as the Russian captains Ivan Krusenstern and Yuri Lysiansky.
The author tells of the fates of these famous captains, showing the difficult and dangerous path of European sailors towards discoveries, as well as the traditions and culture of overseas tribes.