# Captain William Robinson — Gulliver’s Travels character guide

> Captain William Robinson in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0022-i

## Who they are

English captain who employs Gulliver on a voyage to the East Indies.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter I: The Third Voyage Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Commander of the Hopewell; invites Gulliver to be surgeon on a voyage to the East Indies.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-iv-a-voyage-to-the-country-of-the-houyhnhnms)

The captain of the ship on which Gulliver serves as surgeon before the mutiny.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

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