A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder · Character

Agnew

One of the yachting party gathered around the opened cylinder, weighing the doctor's evidence about barnacle layers and lost papyrus craft against Melick's literary conspiracy.

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First appearance: II: Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean

As a supporting figure in A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Agnew is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Second mate who accompanies Adam ashore; argues optimistically that the current runs north, providing a counterpoint to Adam's despair.

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Agnew first appears in 0001 ii adrift in the antarctic ocean.

In II: Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean: Second mate who accompanies Adam ashore; argues optimistically that the current runs north, providing a counterpoint to Adam's despair.

Later, in III: A World of Fire and Desolation: Maintains hope despite the desolation, leads the burial of the sailor, and reflects on immortality.

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II: Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean
Second mate who accompanies Adam ashore; argues optimistically that the current runs north, providing a counterpoint to Adam's despair.
III: A World of Fire and Desolation
Maintains hope despite the desolation, leads the burial of the sailor, and reflects on immortality.
IV: The Sight of Human Beings
Trusts the natives, is lured away, and is killed despite fighting back with his gun and pistol.
V: The Torrent Sweeping Under the Mountains
Mentioned as having been killed by natives, his fate prepares the narrator for his own.

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