Sergey Vasilyevich Shervinsky’s novel “East India” is written in the tradition of historical-adventure prose. We are presented with Holland, Africa, India, Indonesia of the first half of the 17th century—a time of the last surge of truly formidable Dutch power at sea. While the main hero spends three years traveling, his friend—the artist—searches for his creative path in Holland: a composite image of the great “little Dutchmen.”