# Gulliver’s Travels — Character guide

> Key figures in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

- [Lemuel Gulliver](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/lemuel_gulliver.md): English surgeon and sea captain who narrates his voyages to fantastical lands.
- [Glumdalclitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/glumdalclitch.md): Gulliver's giant nurse and caretaker in Brobdingnag.
- [Reldresal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/reldresal.md): Principal Secretary of Private Affairs in Lilliput.
- [Pedro de Mendez](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/pedro_de_mendez.md): Portuguese captain who rescues Gulliver from the Houyhnhnms.
- [Skyresh Bolgolam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/skyresh_bolgolam.md): Lilliputian admiral and Gulliver's enemy at court.
- [Flimnap](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/flimnap.md): Lilliputian Lord High Treasurer who plots against Gulliver.
- [Captain William Robinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/captain_william_robinson.md): English captain who employs Gulliver on a voyage to the East Indies.
- [Mr. James Bates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/mr_james_bates.md): Gulliver's master and mentor in surgery in London.
- [James Welch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/james_welch.md): Gulliver's cousin and executor of his estate.
- [Captain Pocock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/captain_pocock.md): Captain of the ship on which Gulliver serves as surgeon.

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