"Dick Sands, the Boy Captain" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. Fifteen-year-old orphan Dick Sands serves as a cabin boy aboard the whaling brig Pilgrim. When the captain and crew perish during a whale hunt, Dick must take command, guiding the vessel and its passengers—including Mrs. Weldon and her son—toward South America. However, the treacherous cook Negoro secretly alters the ship's course, stranding them in Angola. Captured by slave traders, Dick and his companions endure harrowing ordeals in the African wilderness. Through courage, loyalty, and resourcefulness, the young hero battles betrayal and slavery in this gripping tale of survival and heroism.
