The Indian Ocean

The chronicle of exploration and conquest of the boundless expanses of the World Ocean is a story of courage, resourcefulness, and perseverance. At the heart of the grand design by popular French author Жорж Блон is “Man and the Sea”—their multifaceted, complex, and almost mysterious relationship. All great seafarers, in a sense, became captives of the sea, forever conquering their souls: no matter how terrible the hardships of voyages were, they still, again and again, sought out the harsh element—for new risks and discoveries. Columbus, Magellan, Heyerdahl—just as, long before them, the ancient Vikings and Phoenicians—were bewitched by the sea, the dream of new routes and unknown shores. It is precisely about those who challenged the oceans that this maritime epic by Жорж Блон tells.

The book includes stories about the Indian Ocean.