Hythloday gives his opinions on a wide range of topics.
Hythloday is quite a talker More and Giles can barely get a word in edgewise. The three men make their way back to More's lodging place in the city and they enjoy a conversation in the garden. During these travels, Hythloday became acquainted with the Utopians. Hythloday stayed behind in the New World and traveled to a few additional locations, eventually making his way back home to Europe. Hythloday is a Portuguese man who sailed to the New World with the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. More visits Giles in Antwerp, and this is when Giles introduces Hythloday to More.
Book One introduces Hythloday and vaguely mentions the New World island of Utopia. In Book One, Utopia recounts the initial meeting of Hythloday, More and Giles. Their mutual acquaintance, Raphael Hythloday, is entirely invented and fictional. Thomas More and Peter Giles are real persons. Utopia chronicles a conversation that More and Giles enjoyed with a man named Raphael Hythloday. In More's letter, we read that More is sending Utopia to Giles for editing and publication. Giles is a printer and editor, as well as a clerk for the city. He writes a letter to a friend in Antwerp (Belgium) named Peter Giles. Thomas More is a public servant living in London with his family.
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