All Formats & Editions

Dick Sand is a fifteen-year-old boy serving on the schooner "Pilgrim" as a sailor. The crew are whale hunters that voyage every year down to New Zealand. After an unsuccessful season of hunting, as they plan to return the wife of the owner of the hunting firm, Mrs Weldon, her... Read Full Overview

Un capit?n de quince a?os (Un Capitaine de quinze ans) es una novela del escritor franc?s Julio Verne, prepublicada por entregas en la Magasin d'?ducation et de R?cr?ation desde el 1 de enero (volumen 27, n?mero 313) hasta el 15 de diciembre (volumen 28, n?mero 336) de 1878,... Read Full Overview

Volume 17 of 54 of Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1878.Dick Sand is a lowly sailor on the whaler "Pilgrim". After travel and an unsuccessful season whaling in New Zealand, the "Pilgrim's" captain spies one last hunt. It goes horribly awry, leaving Dick... Read Full Overview

Un capit n de quince a os, se desarrolla en el mar, llena aventuras, contrariedades, dificultades, de obst culos los cuales sus personajes deben superar, destacando buenos valores como la sinceridad, no mentir, ser en la vida arriesgados, no tener miedo, ser constantes, sacarle... Read Full Overview

A finales del siglo XIX, el barco ballenero Pilgrim zarpa con escasa tripulaci n -cinco marineros, un gurmete, un cocinero y cuatro viajeros ocasionales- de Nueva Zelanda rumbo a California, de regreso despu s de la mala temporada de pesca.En el transcurso del viaje los tripulantes... Read Full Overview

THE TEENAGED CAPTAIN

The sailors knew that they were lost. All rose, giving a terrible cry, which was perhaps heard on the Pilgrim. A terrible blow from the monster's tail had just struck the whale-boat underneath. The boat, thrown... Read Full Overview

""Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen"" is a classic adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The story follows the young protagonist, Dick Sand, who is a cabin boy on the ship ""Pilgrim"" that is sailing from San Francisco to Valparaiso. However, their journey takes an unexpected... Read Full Overview

Dick Sands: The Boy Captain is a novel written by Jules Verne and published in 1879. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Dick Sands, who becomes the captain of a ship called the Pilgrim. The ship is on a voyage from San Francisco to Liverpool with a cargo of... Read Full Overview

Le jeune marin Dick Sand est novice bord du brick-go lette Pilgrim command par le capitaine Hull. Apr s une saison de p che calamiteuse, le baleinier repart de Nouvelle-Z lande pour rentrer en Am rique lorsque commence le r cit en 1873. Au cours du voyage de retour, le capitaine... Read Full Overview