Captain Nemo (; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a character created by the French novelist

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

(1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, ''

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'' (1870) and '' The Mysterious Island'' (1875). He also makes a brief appearance in a play written by Verne with the collaboration of Adolphe d'Ennery, '' Journey Through the Impossible'' (1882). Nemo is a mysterious figure. Though of unknown nationality in the first book, he is described as the son of an Indian

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in the second book. A scientific visionary, he roams the depths of the seas in his

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, the ''

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'', which was assembled from parts manufactured in several different countries, then shipped to a cover address. The captain is consumed by a hunger for vengeance and hatred of

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; Verne included references to anti-imperialist uprisings, including the Kościuszko Uprising and

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, in the various backstories of Nemo. Nemo has appeared in various film adaptations of Verne's novels, where he has been portrayed by actors as James Mason, Herbert Lom, Patrick Stewart, Naseeruddin Shah, Ben Cross, Omar Sharif and

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. He has also been appropriated by other authors for their own novels, including

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and Kevin O'Neill's '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'',

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's '' The Other Log of Phileas Fogg'', Kevin J. Anderson's '' Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius'', Thomas F. Monteleone's ''The Secret Sea'' and Howard Rodman's '' The Great Eastern''.

Etymology

''Nemo'' is

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for 'no one' or 'nobody'. ''Nemo'' is itself the Latin translation of

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'' Outis'' 'Nobody', the pseudonym adopted by the sea-faring hero

Odysseus In Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus ( ; , ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; ), is a legendary Greeks, Greek king of Homeric Ithaca, Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, epic poem, the ''Odyssey''. Od ...

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

to outwit the

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Polyphemus. This appears to be the intended meaning, since in ''The Mysterious Island'', when

Cyrus Smith Cyrus Smith (named Cyrus Harding in some English translations) is one of the protagonists of Jules Verne's 1875 novel '' The Mysterious Island''. He is an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is a very skilled man and a fi ...

addresses him as Captain Nemo, the latter replies, "I have no name!"

Fictional character biography

Chief among the few details of Nemo's history given in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' are his hatred of imperialism and his grief over the loss of his loved ones in years past. In ''20,000 Leagues Under the Seas'', Captain Nemo is not described as an Indian yet; in fact, his nationality is unknown. This was a result of a controversy between the author and the publisher on this subject. In '' The Mysterious Island'', Captain Nemo identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu

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, and a descendant of the Muslim

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Fateh Ali Khan Tipu of the

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, famous for the Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767–1799) and Mysorean rocket technology. After the

, in which Dakkar lost both his family and his kingdom, the prince devoted himself to scientific research, ultimately building the ''Nautilus'' and cruising the seven seas with a crew of devoted followers. They gather

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from various shipwrecks in the ocean, most notably from the hulks of the Spanish treasure fleet sunk during the Battle of Vigo Bay. However it turns out that the original intention of Jules Verne was to make Captain Nemo a Pole, a participant of the Polish

January Uprising The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...

against the occupation of Poland by the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

, and it was planned that Nemo would sink Russian warships. However the publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, strongly objected to this for fear of losing the Russian book market: the book would be banned by Russian censorship. In addition, Hetzel felt that the book would undermine French-Russian relations. Nemo claims to have no interest in terrestrial affairs but occasionally intervenes to aid people in distress, e.g., by giving salvaged treasure to participants in the Cretan Revolt (1866–1869) against the island's Turkish rulers; by saving (both physically and financially) a Ceylonese or Tamil pearl diver from a shark attack; by rescuing the castaways in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas''; and by covertly protecting another set of castaways in '' The Mysterious Island''. Like many actual Indian princes of the era, Nemo received a Western education, during which, as he states, he spent his youth touring and studying throughout Europe. In his first meeting with Professor Aronnax and his companions, the three castaways speak to him in French, English,

, and German; Nemo later reveals that he is fluent in all of these tongues. Aronnax praises the captain's French, noting that he "expressed himself with perfect ease and without any accent." Relying on his intuition and knowledge of

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, the professor concludes that "there's southern blood" in him but can't determine the captain's exact origin. The ''Nautilus'' library, lounge, and art collections reveal that Nemo is intimately acquainted with European culture, also that he is an accomplished performer on the organ. Nemo dies of unspecified natural causes on board the ''Nautilus'', docked permanently inside Dakkar Grotto on Lincoln Island in the South Pacific. Cyrus Harding, leader of the castaways whom Nemo protected, administered the last rites, then submerged the ''Nautilus'' in the grotto's waters. Shortly after, the volcanic island is destroyed when magma reaches the sea water in Dakkar Grotto, creating a massive steam explosion which blows the island and the ''Nautilus'' to pieces.

Character

Nemo's characteristics are largely presented through the observations of Professor Pierre Aronnax, narrator of ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas''. At their first meeting, the professor remarks: "Whether this individual was thirty-five or fifty years of age, I couldn't tell." He goes on to describe Nemo as a tall, self-contained man with a straight nose, broad brow, and wide-set eyes—"certainly the most wonderful physical specimen I'd ever met up with." In ''The Mysterious Island'', the captain is in his late sixties and sports a long white beard. He avoids dry land, except for desert islands and uninhabited regions such as

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. In keeping with his contempt for surface civilization, he uses few commodities that aren't marine in origin, be they food, clothing, or even

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. As for his political views, he reveals an intense hatred of oppression, which he associates with the world's imperialistic nations. He therefore identifies himself with the Earth's oppressed, whether Ceylonese pearl divers, Cretans rising against the Turks, or even right whales attacked by sperm whales. When Professor Aronnax suggests that Nemo violates maritime and international law by sinking warships, Nemo responds that he does so in self-defense when attacked. He insists that terrestrial laws no longer apply to him, exclaiming in one scene: Nemo is devoted to his crew and grieves deeply when members are killed after a mysterious collision with a surface vessel or during a giant squid attack in the

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. He is equally compassionate in his treatment of the castaways in ''The Mysterious Island'', also retaining a deep attachment to his deceased wife and children. Despite these tragic losses, he rarely expresses his anger. Moreover, he is a man of immense courage, taking the lead in every emergency, from fighting sharks and squids to releasing the ''Nautilus'' from Antarctic ice—an ordeal that entailed reduced oxygen stores and consecutive eight-hour shifts. Aronnax also credits him with discovering Atlantis. An innovative engineer, Nemo both designed and manufactured the ''Nautilus'', including her electric propulsion units and navigational systems. Utilizing them with extraordinary skill, he navigated some of the ocean's most difficult underwater passages, such as those beneath the Antarctic ice barrier, as well as a fictitious tunnel under the Isthmus of Suez. He has an exhaustive knowledge of

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, and it is his respect for Professor Aronnax's preeminence in the field that led to his befriending the professor once the latter was cast aboard the ''Nautilus''. Further, Nemo is a polyglot, able to read all the books in the ''Nautilus'' vast library, regardless of their language. He demonstrates his linguistic ability in ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', when Arronax and two other character speak to him in French, English, German, and

and he understands all four languages. Other than this he also knows Indian languages

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

, Tamil, Telugu, and

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, furthermore Greek among others. Nemo also invents a new

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that he and his crew use to communicate with each other. The captain has an exquisite taste in the fine arts, possessing many masterpieces of both painting and sculpture, from old masters to moderns. They are housed in the main lounge of the ''Nautilus'' along with Nemo's collection of

pearl A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living Exoskeleton, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pear ...

coral Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

s, seashells, and other marine items, all gathered with his own hands. "No museum in Europe," Aronnax tells the captain, "has such a collection of exhibits." Yet, despite the opulence visible throughout the ''

'', Nemo's stateroom was furnished with little more than a bed, a worktable, and the navigational instruments essential to the ''Nautilus''. Even so, Captain Nemo claims to be extremely wealthy, boasting that "without the slightest trouble I could pay off the two-billion-dollar French national debt!" Nemo later tells Aronnax that he will enclose his scientific findings and autobiography in a small unsinkable container: "The last one of us left on the ''Nautilus'' will throw that container into the sea, and it will drift wherever the waves take it." Subsequently, a rather different container does wash ashore in '' The Mysterious Island'', bearing tools, firearms, navigational instruments, an atlas, books, blank paper, and even clothing. They are found in a crate lashed to empty barrels, its contents sealed in a waterproof zinc envelope and showing careful preparation, and packing. Throughout the same book, Nemo repeatedly acts in this providential way, as when the sailor Pencroff pines for

, then the young naturalist Harbert identifies some of the island's plant life. File:20000 graveyard.jpg, Captain Nemo and the crew of the ''Nautilus'' conduct an underwater funeral. File:20000 Nemo South Pole flag.jpg, Captain Nemo raising his flag on the South Pole File:20000 Nautilus Salon.jpg, The main lounge of the ''

'' File:Nemo s death.jpg, Captain Nemo's death in '' The Mysterious Island''

Emblem

Captain Nemo's emblem, as reproduced on the flag he raised when claiming the

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, is a large golden ''N'' on a black field. The motto of the ''Nautilus'' was ''Mobilis in mobili'', a Latin phrase which Aronnax translates as "Moving within a moving element". It also has been rendered as "Moving within motion" and "Changing with change" and "mobile/movable ersonin mobile/movable hing, vehicle 20000 mobilis in mobili

Origin

In early drafts of ''

'', Nemo appears as a Polish noble, a member of the

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...

bent on avenging the murder of his family during Russia's violent suppression of the

. Verne's editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel feared that the book would offend the

, a major French ally, and cause the book to be banned from that country's bookstores. Accordingly, Hetzel insisted that Verne revise the novel to conceal Nemo's background and political motivations.

Chronological discrepancies

'' was first published in 1870 and reports the activities of the ''Nautilus'' over the years 1866 to 1868. ''The Mysterious Island'' was published in 1875 but is set in the years after the close of the

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, i.e., 1865 to 1869. Described as an elderly man in his late sixties, Captain Nemo claims in its pages to have conducted his undersea travels some sixteen years earlier than the dates given in the prior novel. It is true that the first French hardcover issue of ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (an octavo edition published in 1871 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel) contains minor errors that may have been perpetrated by its printers or even by Hetzel himself—who, at times, seems to have made edits without querying Verne. However the chronological discrepancies between this book and '' The Mysterious Island'' appear to have been present since its publication. They may have arisen from Hetzel's insistence that Verne drastically revise his original concept for the latter novel, in which, some scholars speculate, he had not initially planned to include Captain Nemo at all.

Portrayals

In most subsequent media adaptations of ''20,000 Leagues'' and ''Mysterious Island'', Captain Nemo is depicted as a European, in accordance with the earlier of the two novels. Actors who have played him include: *

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in '' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) * Lionel Barrymore (as Count Andre Dakkar) in '' The Mysterious Island'' (1929) * Leonard Penn in the Columbia film serial '' Mysterious Island'' (1951) * Thomas Mitchell in the TV series '' Tales of Tomorrow'' (1952) * James Mason in the Walt Disney film '' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954) * Herbert Lom in '' Mysterious Island'' (1961) * Julian Somers in the 8-part

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serial ''20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'' (1961) * Robert Ryan in '' Captain Nemo and the Underwater City'' (1969) * Omar Sharif in '' La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo'' (1973) * Len Carlson in the animated series '' The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo'' (1975) * Vladislav Dvorzhetsky in the Soviet television miniseries '' Captain Nemo'' (1975) * José Ferrer in the TV movie and short-lived TV series '' The Return of Captain Nemo'' (1978) * Akio Otsuka in the anime series '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (1990–1991) * John Bach in the TV series '' Mysterious Island'' (1995) *

in the ABC-TV miniseries '' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1997) * Ben Cross in the NBC TV movie '' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1997) * Naseeruddin Shah in the film '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003) * Patrick Stewart in the TV movie '' Mysterious Island'' (2005) * Sean Lawlor in the film '' 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (2007) * W. Morgan Sheppard in the film '' Mysterious Island'' (2012) * Faran Tahir in the TV series '' Once Upon a Time'' (2016–2017) * Sagar Arya in the

adaptations of ''20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'' and ''The Mysterious Island'' (2018) * Shazad Latif in the TV series ''

'' (2024) *Jesse Bhamrah in the radio-musical series ''Pulp Musicals'' (2021-Present).

In popular culture

In the '' League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' comic series by

and Kevin O'Neill, Captain Nemo's Indian ancestry as Prince Dakkar is emphasized, yet his religious identity is left ambiguous between

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and

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. Journalist Shreya Ila Anasuya writes that Moore's Nemo is "nebulously portrayed as a

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-worshipping man in a turban, never self-consciously

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." The title of "Nemo" is also later inherited by Prince Dakkar's headstrong daughter, Janni Dakkar, for the '' League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy''. Nemo is the official file manager for the

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desktop environment; the name plays off of the Nautilus file manager from which it was forked. A Polish singer – Bogdan Gajkowski – popular especially during the 1980s, started recording under the stage name "Kapitan Nemo". In 1990, the group Dive released their debut single " Captain Nemo", based on Verne's character. This song was covered by Sarah Brightman on her 1993 album '' Dive''. The Japanese otome

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'' Code: Realize- Guardian of Rebirth'' features a scientist named Nemo. Nemo creates an airship named the ''Nautilus'' within the game. He considers the engineer Impey Barbicane, a reference to another Jules Verne novel, his ultimate scientific rival. The Japanese

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'' Fate/Grand Order'' features a rider class servant named Captain Nemo. Nemo commands a magical

''Nautilus'' through the Void Space. Kevin J. Anderson wrote '' Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius'' (2002), a fictional life of Captain Nemo. In the 2006 graphic novel ''Captain Nemo'' by Jason DeAngelis (Seven Seas, ), set in an alternate timeline where

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was never defeated at Waterloo but went on to found a dynasty whose descendants have conquered most of the world, Captain Nemo was, according to the French authorities, "slain and his accursed ''Nautilus'' sunk" in 1873, and twenty years later his son (who bears the same name as his father) leads his crew aboard the ''Nautilus II'' against the forces of Napoleon IV using the same tactics as his father, who is buried in a coral tomb, along with members of his crew, on the sunken island of Lemuria. '' Daughter of the Deep'', a 2021 novel by

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, features two descendants of Captain Nemo as the protagonist and antagonist. The animated series '' Space Strikers'' (known in French as ''20 000 Lieues dans l'espace''; translation: "20,000 Leagues in Space") stars a descendant of the original Captain Nemo, leading the crew of the spaceship ''Nautilus'' in a crusade to liberate Earth and other planets from the evil forces of Master Phantom. In the novel ''... no one'' of Alberto Cavanna (original title ''... nessuno'', Mursia, Italy, 2020), Nemo is John Digby, an admiral of the Royal Navy, appointed captain of the Nautilus by the dying builder. Captain Nemo appears as the protagonist of the story ''Invitación al viaje'' (2023) by Óscar Esquivias. Captain Nemo appears in two gamebooks, Nemo's Fury, and Nemo's 2: Octo War, by Chris Hunneysett. The 2024 ten-episode TV-series

focuses on Nemo and the backstory of the eponymous submarine. Loosely based on the original Jules Verne novel, this series portrays Nemo's anti-imperialist struggle against the British

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Gallery

File:20000_Nemo_Aronnax_plans.jpg, A working drawing of the ''Nautilus''. File:20000 Nautilus Nemo room.jpg, Captain Nemo's stateroom. File:20000 Nautilus Library Nemo Aronnax.jpg, The ''Nautiluss library. File:20000 Nautilus engines.jpg, The ''Nautiluss engine room. File:Nemo Aronax viewbay diver.jpg, Diver appearing off

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. File:20000 squid Nautilus viewbay.jpg, Menaced by a giant squid in the

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. File:20000 squid Nautilus door.jpg, Fending off a squid attack. File:Nautilus wrecks.jpg, Underwater wreckage in the Mediterranean. File:Nautilus Ile mysterieuse.jpg, The ''Nautilus'' in Dakkar Grotto, as described in '' The Mysterious Island''

References

External links

''The Mysterious Island'': The Secret of the Island: Chapter XVI
. A summary of his life.

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