The book by Doctor of Historical Sciences Kim Malakhovsky is dedicated to two outstanding English navigators - Francis Drake and William Dampier. Pioneers and explorers of new lands, they at the same time traded in piracy, having received official permission from the British crown to do so. They are responsible for devastated settlements, dozens of robbed ships and hundreds of human lives. Unyielding and merciless, greedy for other people's treasures, devoted to their country - this is how they remained on the pages of the history of great geographical discoveries.