George Wickham from the "paradise" of his childhood. It is also possible that Jane Austen was influenced, for the relationship between Wickham and Darcy, by Proteus and Valentine, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", created by Shakespeare; at least, that is the opinion of Laurie Kaplan, who recalls how subtly Jane Austen borrows from the Shakespearean comedy. Proteus, though a son of a gentleman, is intoxicated by the facilities and the luxury of the Court of Milan, where he has been sent by his father, and behaves very badly towards his childhood friend, Valentine, betraying and slandering him, causing his exile, while Valentine
Proteus (watercraft) appearance in New York City is the 4th leg of a tour that began in San Francisco in January and will end in Washington, D.C.. Ugo Conti (Italian engineer and oceanographer who designed "Proteus") and his wife, Isabella Conti, are co-founders of Marine Advanced Research, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based firm that created the "Proteus" for $1.5 million. The "Proteus" has a maximum a speed of 30 knots (34.5 mph). Proteus (watercraft) Proteus is an experimental watercraft developed by Marine Advanced Research. It is the first vessel of the "wave adaptive modular vessel"-type (WAM-V). The vessel was developed by Ugo Conti.