K korablyam u lyudej otnoshenie osoboe. Korabli pomogali otkryvat" novye zemli, prokladyvat" morskie puti mezhdu kontinentami, zaschischat" rodnye berega ot nepriyatelya. Mnogie iz nikh navsegda voshli v istoriyu. O znamenitykh parusnikakh, parokhodakh i korablyakh, o muzhestvennykh lyudyakh, kotorye veli ikh po moryam-okeanam, ob interesnykh i zagadochnykh sobytiyakh rasskazyvaet eta kniga, adresovannaya detyam srednego i starshego shkol"nogo vozrasta, a takzhe vsem lyuboznatel"nym chitatelyam.