Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
Автор:
Jules VerneЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2024-10-24Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
101
Description
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...
