"Een Kapitain van Vijftien Jaar" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1878. When the crew of a whaling ship perishes, fifteen-year-old Dick Sand must command the vessel with only inexperienced survivors to help. But the ship's cook has sinister plans, secretly steering them off course to Africa instead of South America. There, Dick and his passengers—including a woman and her young son—face slave traders, treacherous guides, and a deadly struggle for survival in the jungle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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