The term 'Captain of Literature' refers to two characters from classic literature, Ahab and Nemo. Ahab is a character from Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, and is the captain of the whaling ship Pequod. He is obsessed with hunting down the white whale Moby Dick. Nemo is a character from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and is the captain of the submarine Nautilus. He is a mysterious figure who travels the world's oceans in search of adventure.