Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggards 1885 novel King Solomons Mines and its sequels. In King Solomons Mines Haggard introduces the reader to Allan Quatermain now one of the most famous literary adventure characters. Second in the series this book Allan Quatermain continues the story of this daring yet humble man and chronicles in first person (and through correspondence from some of his fictitious companions) his adventures in Africa. Thought to be one of the fictional characters upon which another such person Indiana Jones is based Quatermain is nevertheless a humble man. By his own definition he is an . . . Adventurer -- he that goes out to meet whatever may come. Well that is what we all do in the world one way or another . . .