Notes of the captain of the fleet. A book in a collection leather binding of two types of skin with painted and

In the galaxy of Russian sailors, Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (1776-1831) occupies a special place. Vice Admiral, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, he made a significant contribution to all areas of naval affairs, did a lot for the organization and construction of the Russian fleet, is known as a talented scientist and writer, raised a galaxy of brave Russian sailors: F.P. Litka, F.P. Wrangel, F.F. Matyushkina and others. Golovnin named Cape on the southwestern coast of North America - the former "Russian America", a mountain on the island of New Earth, a strait in the ridge of the Kuril Islands, a bay in the Bering Sea. Always contrary to circumstances and fate - this was the life of the Golovnin and such was his round -the -world journey on the sloop of Diana. Having repaid the debt to his homeland, Vasily Mikhailovich fulfilled his "obligations" to the reading public, opening in the book "Notes of the Japanese" Notes of the Japanese, the mysterious world of Japan and its inhabitants. The unique material about the then unknown country and its people plus a brilliant literary talent - it is not surprising that Golovnin’s book immediately became a bestseller, received a lot of enthusiastic reviews and was translated into many European languages