# Dick Sands, the Boy Captain — Character guide

> Key figures in Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Jules Verne.

- [Dick Sands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/dick_sands.md): Raised in charitable institutions and trained at sea since age eight, Dick has made himself invaluable to Captain Hull and the Weldon family, who treat him almost as a son. His defining quality is not boldness but the ra
- [Mrs. Weldon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/mrs_weldon.md): Having accompanied her husband on numerous voyages, Mrs. Weldon is no stranger to the sea's makeshifts, yet she hesitates when Dick proposes scouting the unknown coast—her nervousness at odds with her usual composure. Sh
- [Cousin Benedict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/cousin_benedict.md): Cousin Benedict drifts through the voyage in a fog of taxonomic enthusiasm, stubbornly insisting a capsized hull is a sleeping cetacean even when the evidence is plain. His single-minded pursuit of specimens makes him ob
- [Negoro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/negoro.md): Negoro keeps to himself, nursing grievances and concealing a past that connects him to the slave trade rather than the whale fishery. He is a coward who delights in cruelty only when his victim is helpless, as his gloati
- [Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/hercules.md): Hercules stands out among the ship's company for his physical might and his steadfast devotion to Dick and the Weldon family. When the survivors find themselves stranded in unknown territory, his courage and endurance be
- [Jack Weldon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/jack_weldon.md): Little Jack was too ill to travel when his father returned to San Francisco, so he and his mother waited in Auckland until the Pilgrim arrived to carry them home. He befriends Dick Sands with the easy trust of a child, a
- [Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/tom.md): An elderly former slave whose quiet dignity and steady loyalty make him a moral anchor for the castaways of the Pilgrim.
- [Dingo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/dingo.md): A gaunt, watchful dog who carries a dead man's secret in his collar and a murderer's scent in his memory.
- [Captain Hull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/captain_hull.md): The original captain of the Pilgrim who dies in a whaling accident.
- [Alvez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/alvez.md): A Portuguese slave trader whose vast Kazonndé market reduces human beings to chained lots and haggled prices.
- [Nan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/nan.md): An elderly former slave and nurse to Jack Weldon.
- [Bat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/bat.md): A young African boy rescued alongside Hercules.
- [Austin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/austin.md): One of the former slaves who becomes a crew member.
- [Coïmbra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/coimbra.md): A sailor from the Waldeck rescued at sea.
- [James W. Weldon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/james_w_weldon.md): Mrs. Weldon's husband, a wealthy shipowner in San Francisco.
- [Queen Moena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/queen_moena.md): A powerful African queen involved in the slave trade.
- [Halima](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dick_sands_the_boy_captain_se/characters/halima.md): A native woman who helps the castaways during their journey.

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