The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Character

Baron de Tott

A French diplomat and adventurer who appears in the Baron's tales.

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Also known as Baron, Baron Tott, Tott, bouncing Tott, the Baron de Tott

First appearance: volume i v

Baron de Tott shows up with force in IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as one of the ambassadors introducing the Baron to the Grand Seignior.

Baron de Tott first appears in 0009 volume i v.

In IX: Mentioned as one of the ambassadors introducing the Baron to the Grand Seignior.

Later, in X: Referenced in connection with a Turkish piece of ordnance.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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IX
Mentioned as one of the ambassadors introducing the Baron to the Grand Seignior.
X
Referenced in connection with a Turkish piece of ordnance.
XIV
His cannon-firing anecdote is recounted and then outdone by the Baron; his parentage and birth are detailed.
Chapter XXIII
Mentioned as having mistaken the track of the Baron's chariot for a canal cut by the Ptolemies.
The Baron goes to Petersburgh, and converses with the Empress—Persuades the Russians and Turks to cease cutting one another’s throats, and in concert cut a canal across the Isthmus of Suez—The Baron discovers the Alexandrine Library, and meets with Hermes Trismegistus—Besieges Seringapatam, and challenges Tippoo Sahib to single combat—They fight—The Baron receives some wounds to his face, but at last vanquishes the tyrant—The Baron returns to Europe, and raises the hull of the Royal George
Mentioned as having left a vestige that the Baron follows.

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