Captain Blood · Character
Don Miguel de Espinosa
A Spanish admiral whose defeat at Blood's hands curdles into obsession, driving him to hunt his enemy across the Caribbean like a madman.
supporting
Also known as Don Miguel, the Admiral, old Don Miguel
First appearance: XII: Don Pedro Sangre
As a supporting figure in Captain Blood, Don Miguel de Espinosa is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Admiral of the Encarnación, brother of Don Diego; he is suspicious but ultimately convinced by Blood's story and the gold.
Don Miguel is a great gentleman of Castile and an admiral of Spain whose disasters at Blood's hands cost him his honor and his reason. Refusing his own son's ransom, he turns his fleet into a weapon of pure vengeance, falling on English and French shipping alike and becoming a pirate in his turn. His obsession gives the novel its pursuing shadow, and the trap he springs at Maracaybo becomes the stage on which Blood's tactical genius is most shiningly displayed.
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Character Web
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Primary antagonists and allies
- Spanish noblemen captives
- Protagonist
- French pirates and officials
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Captain Peter Blood
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Enemies; Don Miguel is a Spanish nobleman who seeks revenge against Blood. How this plays out →
- Lord Julian Wade
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- Lord Julian Wade
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- Lord Julian Wade
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- Captain Peter Blood
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Enemies; Don Miguel is a Spanish nobleman who seeks revenge against Blood. How this plays out →
- Captain Peter Blood
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Enemies; Don Miguel is a Spanish nobleman who seeks revenge against Blood. How this plays out →
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See Don Miguel de Espinosa in XII: Don Pedro SangreIn the story
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See Don Miguel de Espinosa in XII: Don Pedro Sangre