# Captain Duncan — The Innocents Abroad character guide

> Captain Duncan in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Captain Duncan

**First appearance:** 0020-xviii

## Who they are

A ship captain or military officer encountered.

## In the story

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

Captain Duncan is the organizer of the excursion, listed as the undersigned and on the committees.

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

Chief of the expedition; reprimands the narrator for smoking abaft the wheel.

### [Fourth of July at Sea and Arrival in Marseilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/x)

Makes the only good speech of the evening, a brief toast for prosperity.

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lx)

Captain Duncan is the recipient of the narrator's complaint about the coffee/tea.

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