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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
Chapitres (38)
- Part I: I: The Pilgrim 0:00
- II: The Apprentice 19:14
- III: A Rescue 32:14
- IV: The Survivors of the Waldeck 47:11
- V: Dingo’s Sagacity 57:55
- VI: A Whale in Sight 1:20:03
- VII: Preparations for an Attack 1:37:08
- VIII: A Catastrophe 1:49:43
- IX: Dick’s Promotion 2:07:10
- X: The New Crew 2:19:29
- XI: Rough Weather 2:40:01
- XII: Hope Revived 2:59:56
- XIII: Land at Last 3:18:24
- XIV: Ashore 3:39:00
- XV: A Stranger 4:00:09
- XVI: Through the Forest 4:22:18
- XVII: Misgivings 4:42:49
- XVIII: A Terrible Discovery 5:02:23
- Part II: I: The Dark Continent 5:19:07
- II: Accomplices 5:41:51
- III: On the March Again 5:58:34
- IV: Rough Travelling 6:18:22
- V: White Ants 6:36:01
- VI: A Diving-Bell 6:52:45
- VII: A Slave Caravan 7:10:29
- VIII: Notes by the Way 7:26:32
- IX: Kazonndé 7:43:38
- X: Market-Day 8:00:28
- XI: A Bowl of Punch 8:18:21
- XII: Royal Obsequies 8:35:06
- XIII: In Captivity 8:52:11
- XIV: A Ray of Hope 9:05:12
- XV: An Exciting Chase 9:25:56
- XVI: A Magician 9:42:31
- XVII: Drifting Down the Stream 9:55:39
- XVIII: An Anxious Voyage 10:11:02
- XIX: An Attack 10:28:36
- XX: A Happy Reunion 10:43:30
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After an accident on board a whaling ship the captain is lost at sea, making the fifteen-year-old apprentice Dick Sands the acting captain. Through traitorous scheming by the ship’s cook, and bad weather, the ship is blown from the South Pacific around Cape Horn and onto the west coast of Africa. Dick continues to lead the survivors through various trials among the slave traders of Angola.
As in many of his other books, Verne touches on scientific topics like entomology, flora, and fauna. He also recounts the adventures of the notable white explorers of Africa.
Dick Sands can be read both as an adventure story, and as a condemnation of the horrible cruelties of slavery. When it was written, many countries had already banned the slave trade, but it was still active in Africa. Only when colonial explorers and missionaries started to penetrate the continent did the practice really come under pressure.