# The Captain — The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the captain, Captain

**First appearance:** 0017-volume-i-xiii-a-trip-to-the-north

## Who they are

A ship captain who accompanies the Baron on sea voyages.

## In the story

### [A Trip to the North](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-i-xiii-a-trip-to-the-north)

Captain Phipps (later Lord Mulgrave) leads the northern voyage; disputes with the Baron over credit for the bear hunt, now not on speaking terms.

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

The husband of the woman who fell overboard; he was sailing with a mistress when his wife attacked him.

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

Captain Hamilton, who initially laughs at the Baron's claim but accepts the wager.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-i-xx)

Dutch captain who rescues the Baron from the sea; doubts the Baron's story but provides passage.

### [The Baron makes a speech to the National Assembly, and drives out all the members—Routs the fishwomen and the National Guards—Pursues the whole rout into a Church, where he defeats the National Assembly, etc., with Rousseau, Voltaire, and Beelzebub at their head, and liberates Marie Antoinette and the Royal Family.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiv)

Not directly mentioned in this chapter; included as a placeholder for canonical completeness.

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