Zwycięzcy oceanu (Conquerors of the Ocean) is the debut travel-adventure and maritime novel for young adults by Polish writer Władysław Umiński.
[6]: 58 The book tells the story of two initially quarreling sailors (the younger one, named Elski, is Polish, the older one is an American, Lieutenant Ebb) in a small boat in the Pacific Ocean.
[7]: 400 [8]: 36, 320 [9]: 591 In 1923 a reviewer wrote positively about the book in the Catholic Przegląd Powszechny [pl], praising it for its tone down (no disregard for ethics, "religious indeferentialism") and avoiding theories that were controversial at the time (e.g. "evolutionism" or presenting "pantheistic descriptions of nature").
The reviewer wrote that "the characters are likeable", although the antagonist of the novel, "the Englishman Morton, a rich man bored and looking for strong thrills, is critically presented at the beginning ... but he also changes in the end."
In the summary of the review it was written that "despite the improbability of some adventures, the book can be read with interest, and the bravery of the characters is admirable."