One of the literary captains (and captain) of the sea

Today is one of sea ​​captains in literature, that there are many e unforgettable for those of us who are fond of the nautical adventure genre. What's more, cinema has made them even more immortal and popular, contributing to that hobby of new readers or, at least, making the laziest know them when it comes to picking up a book. Remember that it is not a genre that everyone likes or is easy to do.

So this souvenir item goes to captains such as Nemo, Jack Aubrey, Wolf Larssen, Ahab, Jonathan Clark, Horatio Hornblower and the captain and marquise Dolores del Castillo. They were created by such illustrious writers as Jules Verne, Herman Melville, Jack London, Patrick O'Brian, CS Forester, Rex Beach or Emilio Salgari.

Nemo

Jules Verne was a specialist creating literary captains as Grant, Hatteras, Dick sand (who was only 15 years old) and, of course, Nemo. And it is considered one of its most fascinating characters. It also appeared in two of his novels: 20.000 leagues of underwater travel y La isla misteriosa.

Es bright, cultured, without a homeland but with kingdom over all the oceans of the world. The example of modern man, of science, who master technology and he does not want to submit to any government. But his concept of freedom goes above that of others and he loses that. In the film version of 1954 Disney the British actor played it like nobody else james mason.

Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower 

I put them together because they are contemporaries and their adventures take place in the napoleonic wars of English and French at sea. Created respectively by Patrick O'Brian and Cecil Scott ForesterThey are two completely opposite characters.

Horatio hornblower was born in 1937 and stars 11 novels and 2 short stories. Is based in the royal figure of the English sailor Thomas Cochrane. Bold and professional, but perhaps too serious, in 1951 a version that condensed three of his novels was brought to the big screen and titled The gentleman of the seas. It was played by a specialist in cinematic sea captains, Gregory Peck.

At the opposite pole is Jack Aubrey, protagonist of more than 20 novels, which leads boldness to boastfulness and almost foolishness. Open-minded, a taste for music, wine, women and the good life as well as battles. At the cinema Russell Crowe He disappeared interpreting it in Master & Commander.

Ahab and Wolf Larssen

And I match these captains for being perhaps the darkest in literature, especially Herman Melville's Ahab. Ahab for his excessive obsession to catch Moby Dick which is actually the monster within him. And the Wolf Larssen Jack London is a more brutal and fearsome Nemo, but also intelligent and cultured.

At the cinema Ahab has had many faces, but the most recognizable is that of Gregory Peck again. Here recently in theatrical version it was performed by the great Jose Maria Pou.

jonathan clark

Also know as "the boston man"It was created in 1946 by the American writer Rex Beach, who was greatly influenced by London's work. It was in The world in your hands, where Clark is a brave and fearless seal hunter from San Francisco. Wants buy Alaska from the Russians, but his plans are altered when he meets the countess Marina Selanova. Gregory Peck was at the movies again in a magnificent 1952 version.

Dolores del Castillo

And who else Salgari to create the Marchioness Dolores del Castillo, the adventurer and captain of the Yucatan, which is put at the service of Spain in the Cuban War to bring arms to the troops fighting there. One of the very few novels with a female protagonist as feisty and overwhelming as her male colleagues. And let's remember that Salgari also created Captain Storm.