The time of sailing ships and great discoveries; England dominates the seas, Spain is exploring the American continent, mysterious countries and lost lands are opening up to Europeans. India, Africa, America are falling under the feet of “white progressive humanity.” The world is being redivided. Swindlers and fortune hunters are looking to use their powers. The meeting of a German merchant ship in the World Ocean with pirates could not but change the fate of the survivors. Only two escaped death or pirate captivity by swimming to the island that belonged to the mythical centaurs. Is the harbor quiet among the stormy waves?