Character Analysis
Gulliver is careful to tell us all the names of these captains who basically never speak. These details add a touch of tongue-in-cheek "realism" to the novel. And here they are:
- Abraham Pannel, Captain of the Swallow (1.1.2)
- William Prichard, Captain of the Antelope (1.1.4)
- John Biddel, Captain of an unnamed English merchant vessel (1.8.9)
- John Nicholas, Captain of the Adventure (2.1.1)
- Thomas Wilcocks, Captain of the ship that saves Gulliver from his box off the coast of Brobdingnag (2.8.8)
- William Robinson, Captain of the Hopewell (3.1.1)
- Theodorus Vangrult, Captain of the Amboyna (3.11.5)
- [Gulliver becomes Captain of the Adventurer (4.1.1)]
- Captain Pocock (4.1.1)
- Don Pedro de Mendez, Captain who rescues Gulliver from an island off Houyhnhnm Land (4.11.9)