Character guide

Lemuel Gulliver

major

Also known as Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, Mr. Gulliver, Captain Gulliver, Gulliver, Quinbus Flestrin

English surgeon and sea captain who narrates his voyages to fantastical lands.

Glumdalclitch

supporting

Gulliver's giant nurse and caretaker in Brobdingnag.

Reldresal

supporting

Principal Secretary of Private Affairs in Lilliput.

Pedro de Mendez

supporting

Also known as Don Pedro, Don Pedro de Mendez

Portuguese captain who rescues Gulliver from the Houyhnhnms.

Skyresh Bolgolam

supporting

Also known as Bolgolam

Lilliputian admiral and Gulliver's enemy at court.

Flimnap

supporting

Lilliputian Lord High Treasurer who plots against Gulliver.

Captain William Robinson

minor

English captain who employs Gulliver on a voyage to the East Indies.

Mr. James Bates

minor

Also known as Mr. Bates, Bates

Gulliver's master and mentor in surgery in London.

James Welch

minor

Gulliver's cousin and executor of his estate.

Captain Pocock

minor

Captain of the ship on which Gulliver serves as surgeon.