# Captain Ford — Almayer’s Folly character guide

> Captain Ford in Almayer’s Folly by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ford

**First appearance:** 0005-ii

## Snapshot

A bluff British sea captain who trades the archipelago's coasts, greeting old pirates warmly and carrying news between the scattered white men of the islands.

## Who they are

Ford moves through the Dutch East Indies as a familiar, weathered presence, the kind of sailor who calls a master 'old pirate' as a courtesy and knows every anchorage worth knowing. He belongs to the same rough maritime world that made Lingard, and his comings and goings stitch Almayer's isolated river outpost to the wider trade routes. His easy competence throws Almayer's stagnation into relief, and his arrivals bring the outside world's judgments and rumors up the Pantai.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/almayer_s_folly_se/chapters/iv)

Brings news of the Acheen war and Dutch expedition to Sambir.

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