# Jacques Jansen — Topsy-Turvy character guide

> Jacques Jansen in Topsy-Turvy by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Even Jacques Jansen

**First appearance:** 0001-in-which-the-delegates-from-england-holland-sweden-denmark-and-russia-are-presented-to-the-reader

## Snapshot

Dutch delegate whose celebrated placidity finally cracks under the strain of waiting, turning him into a daily nuisance to his colleagues.

## Who they are

Jansen embodies Dutch calm among the European delegates gathered in Baltimore, a temperament so noted that his eventual agitation registers as a minor marvel. As weeks stretch into May with no news from the vanished Barbicane, even he wakes from his placidity and bombards his colleagues with charges and countercharges. His deterioration from stoic observer to querulous participant measures how thoroughly the unresolved polar venture has poisoned the international atmosphere.

## Relationships

### [Major Donellan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/characters/major_donellan)

_professional_

Jansen works under Donellan's direction as a surveyor and engineer on the project's field operations.

### [Dean Toodrink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/characters/dean_toodrink)

_friendship_

Toodrink and Jansen are close workmates, frequently seen together during survey expeditions and camp life.

## In the story

### [In Which the Delegates from England, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Russia Are Presented to the Reader](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/topsy_turvy_se/chapters/in-which-the-delegates-from-england-holland-sweden-denmark-and-russia-are-presented-to-the-reader)

Dutch delegate, former Counsellor of Netherlandish India; stout and incredulous about the practical consequences of the undertaking.

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