First published in 1878, 'The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain' by Jules Verne, a classic of French fantasy and adventure literature, tells the story of the adventures of young Dick Sand, who is forced by chance to take command of the whaling schooner 'Pilgrim' on a voyage to America, and is responsible for the lives of its crew and passengers. On the high seas and in the continental depths of Equatorial Africa, the book's heroes must face numerous dangers and more than once look death in the face.

A deadly confrontation with bandit slavers, a stay in a village of sorcerers, risky encounters with cannibalistic savages, predatory animals, and the swift waters of an African river—Dick and his companions will have to endure these and many other trials before they escape the sinister wilds of the African continent...