# Baron de Tott — The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen character guide

> Baron de Tott in The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0009-volume-i-v

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-i-ix)

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

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-i-x)

Referenced in connection with a Turkish piece of ordnance.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-i-xiv)

His cannon-firing anecdote is recounted and then outdone by the Baron; his parentage and birth are detailed.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiii)

Mentioned as having left a vestige that the Baron follows.

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