In 'Moby Dick', what was the name of the captain of the 'Pequod'?
"a quarterdeck and a forecastle and is three-masted like most Nantucket whalers of the time, but all three masts are replacements, taken on when the originals were lost in a typhoon off Japan. ""Pequod"" is not unlike Ahab in this respect, since many of the rest of these missing elements have been replaced by the bones of the whales she hunts. She is not a new vessel, and with age would usually come some veneration and respect, which Ishmael tries to convey by using several historical references in his description of her. But in ""Pequod""s case this has been negated"
"his new friend, the Polynesian harpooner Queequeg (or more precisely, Queequeg's idol-god, Yojo), to make the selection for them both, Ishmael, a self-described ""green hand at whaling,"" goes to the Straight Wharf and chooses the ""Pequod"". It is revealed that ""Pequod"" was named for the Algonquian-speaking Pequot tribe of Native Americans, decimated and scattered in the early 1600s by the Pequot War and by the epidemic that preceded it. The Mashantucket (Western Pequot tribe) and Eastern Pequot tribe still inhabit their reservation in Connecticut. ""Pequod"" has endured the years and the elements, but not without sustaining damage. The ship has"
"1900, Walter and Flora Brown filed their plat for the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 section 10 in T136N-R29W under the title Pequot. The Pequot Indians are a tribe that used to dominate southeastern New England before the English colonists arrived. While no Pequot tribe members lived in Minnesota, they spoke an Algonquian language related to that of the local Chippewa (Ojibwe) tribes. Author Herman Melville named his lead ship in his novel ""Moby-Dick"" as the ""Pequod"". Two possible explanations for the town's name arise: 1. The local historian Carl Zapffe suggests that a variation of the Chippewa word"
"by the thick veneer of barbarity that has been overlaid onto the ship in the form of fantastic scrimshaw embellishment. Far from enjoying mere utilitarian replacements out of available whalebone, she has been ornately decorated, even to the whale teeth set into the railing that now resemble an open jaw. Like a fingerbone necklace on a cannibal, these adornments are clear evidence of ""Pequod""s success as a hunter and killer of whales. The principal owners of the vessel are two well-to-do Quaker retired whaling captains, therefore ""the other and more inconsiderable and scattered owners, left nearly the whole management of"
"Queequeg Queequeg is a fictional character in the 1851 novel ""Moby-Dick"" by American author Herman Melville. The son of a South Sea chieftain who left home to explore the world, Queequeg is the first principal character encountered by the narrator, Ishmael. The quick friendship and relationship of equality between the tattooed cannibal and the white sailor shows Melville's basic theme of shipboard democracy and racial diversity. Once aboard the whaling ship ""Pequod"" Queequeg becomes the harpooner for the mate Starbuck. At the end of the novel he ""casts the runes"", which say he will die. He therefore builds a coffin"
"""He's a grand, ungodly, god-like man"" who nevertheless ""has his humanities"". They hire Queequeg the following morning. A man named Elijah prophesies a dire fate should Ishmael and Queequeg join Ahab. While provisions are loaded, shadowy figures board the ship. On a cold Christmas Day, the ""Pequod"" leaves the harbor. Ishmael discusses cetology (the zoological classification and natural history of the whale), and describes the crew members. The chief mate is 30-year-old Starbuck, a Nantucket Quaker with a realist mentality, whose harpooneer is Queequeg; second mate is Stubb, from Cape Cod, happy-go-lucky and cheerful, whose harpooneer is Tashtego, a proud,"
"voyages ago, Ahab married a sweet, resigned girl, with whom he has a young son. He has been in colleges and among the cannibals, and has seen deeper wonders than the waves. He has fixed his lance, the keenest and surest on the isle of Nantucket, in stranger foes than whales. Years ago, Peleg, now the co-owner of ""Pequod"", sailed as mate under Ahab. During that voyage, a typhoon near Japan swung her three masts overboard. Every moment the crew thought the ship would sink, the sea breaking over the ship. Yet instead of thinking of death, Captain Ahab and"
"which recounts Ishmael's survival. About 3,200 copies were sold during the author's life. Ishmael travels in December from Manhattan Island to New Bedford, Massachusetts with plans to sign up for a whaling voyage. The inn where he arrives is overcrowded, so he must share a bed with the tattooed Polynesian Queequeg, a harpooneer whose father was king of the fictional island of Rokovoko. The next morning, Ishmael and Queequeg attend Father Mapple's sermon on Jonah, then head for Nantucket. Ishmael signs up with the Quaker ship-owners Bildad and Peleg for a voyage on their whaler ""Pequod"". Peleg describes Captain Ahab:"
"story of a ""judgment of God"" is revealed, but only to the crew: a defiant sailor who struck an oppressive officer is flogged, and when that officer led the chase for Moby Dick, he fell from the boat and was killed by the whale. Ishmael digresses on pictures of whales, brit (microscopic sea creatures on which whales feed), squid and — after four boats lowered in vain because Daggoo mistook a giant squid for the white whale — whale-lines. The next day, in the Indian Ocean, Stubb kills a sperm whale, and that night Fleece, the ""Pequod""s black cook, prepares"
"whale-song generator. This, however, causes the whale to attack them, subsequently destroying a fin on the ""Pequod"". The sub fires a harpoon made from the ""Acushnet""'s hull on top of Moby Dick's eye, which forces him to dive deeper, dragging the ""Pequod"" with it. As the water pressure begins to damage the hull, the line snaps and Starbuck forces the ship to surface. Moby Dick surfaces too, and the ""Pequod"", along with the help of Boomer in a helicopter, forces the whale into an atoll. The sub gets trapped in shallow water, and three boats are sent out to face"
"the start of the voyage. Although 26 men signed up as crew members, two did not show up for the ship's departure and were replaced by one new crew member. The crew was not as heterogenous or exotic as the crew of the ""Pequod"". Five of the crew were foreigners, four of them Portuguese, and the others were American, either at birth or naturalized. Three black men were in the crew, two seamen and the cook. Fleece, the cook of the ""Pequod"", was also black, so probably modeled on this Philadelphia-born William Maiden, who was 38 years old when he"
"with them all the things that I valued and the gems and ambergris..."" During part 4, ""Panacea"", of the song ""The Fountain of Lamneth"" by Rush, the narrator catches the scent of ambergris. In chapter 91 of Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"" (1851), Stubb, one of the mates of the ""Pequod,"" fools the captain of a French whaler (""Rose-bud"") into abandoning the corpse of a sperm whale found floating in the sea. His plan is to recover the corpse himself in hopes that it contains ambergris. His hope proves well founded, and the ""Pequod""'s crew recovers a valuable quantity of the substance."
"its production in November 2015. Dallas Opera revived the original production in November 2016. For their January 2018 performance, Utah Opera built a set and created costumes to make the opera more accessible to regional opera companies with constrained budgets. Unlike the earlier productions, the set is designed so that it can be adjusted to many different venues. ""Scenes 1-4. Day One: The whaling ship ""Pequod"" has been at sea for one week."" Captain Ahab is alone on deck before dawn. Below deck, most of the crew is sleeping. The harpooneer Queequeg prays and wakes Greenhorn (the novel's Ishmael, renamed"
"eyes. The head apparatus which could move like a rocking horse was employed when actors were in the water with the whale. Gregory Peck's last speech is delivered in the studio while riding the white whale's hump (a hole was drilled in the side of the whale so Peck could conceal his real leg). The ""Pequod"" was portrayed by, appropriately, the ""Moby Dick"". Built in England in 1887 as the ""Ryelands"", the ship came into the hands of the film industry in the 50s, and was also used in ""Treasure Island"". It was destroyed by fire in Morecambe, England in"
"Ahab's story: Captain Ahab, too, lives in an ivory house, 'the ivory ""Pequod""' as it is often called, tricked out in trophies of whale bones and teeth from profitable voyages."" The ship's last voyage, however, is not entirely commercial: from the moment Ahab attaches the golden doubloon on the mast, it becomes a pursuit of a perceived enemy, under a captain unable to compromise. King Ahab, an able politician but a patron of foreign gods, offended Jehovah by introducing Baal as a god. Jehovah tolerated no other gods and contrived with false prophets to destroy King Ahab. Like his namesake,"
"George Pollard Jr. George Pollard Jr. (1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers ""Essex"" and ""Two Brothers"", both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank ""Essex"", served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"". George Pollard was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar (Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. By the time he was 23 he had served on the ""Essex"" for four"
"of them together. He is an extraordinary harpooner, impressing the money-tight owners of the ""Pequod"" so much that they immediately offer him a 90th lay ( of the ship's profit) in exchange for his signing on with the crew. By contrast, Ishmael (who has experience in the merchant marine but none as a whaler) is initially offered a 777th lay but eventually secures a 300th. In port, Queequeg carries his sharpened harpoon with him at all times, unless prevented from doing so. He shaves with his harpoon as well and smokes regularly from a tomahawk that he carries with him."
"In 1830 Alfred Tennyson published the irregular sonnet ""The Kraken"", which described a massive creature that dwells at the bottom of the sea: In Herman Melville's 1851 novel ""Moby-Dick"" (Chapter 59. Squid.) the Pequod encounters what chief mate Starbuck identifies as: ""The great live squid, which, they say, few whale-ships ever beheld, and returned to their ports to tell of it."" Narrator Ishmael adds: ""There seems some ground to imagine that the great Kraken of Bishop Pontoppodan may ultimately resolve itself into Squid."" He concludes the chapter by adding: ""By some naturalists who have vaguely heard rumors of the mysterious"
"by Linehan. It is still owned and run by the Linehan family and boasts a fine collection of photographs taken of the cast and crew during the making of the film. While there, John Huston used the bar as his headquarters to plan each day's filming. The town's harbor basin, in front of Moby Dick's bar, was used to stand in as New Bedford's harbor, and some local people appear as extras in the ship's departure scene. Youghal's nineteenth century lighthouse also appears in a scene of the ""Pequod"" putting to sea (at sunset) on her fateful voyage. A myth"
"most factual accounts of whaling are not straight autobiography. On December 30, 1840, he signed on as a green hand for the maiden voyage of the ""Acushnet"", planned to last for 52 months. Its owner, Melvin O. Bradford, resembled Bildad, who signed on Ishmael, in that he was a Quaker: on several instances when he signed documents, he erased the word ""swear"" and replaced it with ""affirm"". But the shareholders of the ""Acushnet"" were relatively wealthy, whereas the owners of the ""Pequod"" included poor widows and orphaned children. Its captain was Valentine Pease, Jr., who was 43 years old at"
"account in sermon form; Reynolds cites examples from as early as 1829. Such sermons employed nautical metaphors and colloquialisms, ""producing a mixture of the imaginative and the sacred that directly anticipated Father Mapple's salty sermon"". In chapters 7-9, Ishmael, a sailor about to sail for Nantucket where he will embark on a whaling voyage with Captain Ahab on the ""Pequod"", goes to the Whaleman's Chapel in New Bedford. Father Mapple appears and climbs a rope ladder to his pulpit, which is the form of a ship's prow: ""Its panelled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, and"
"the month, between the publishing of the British and the American edition, a whale had sunk the New Bedford whaler ""Ann Alexander"" near Chile. In the second installment, Duyckinck described ""Moby-Dick"" as three books rolled into one: he was pleased with the book as far as it was a thorough account of the sperm whale, less so with it as far as the adventures of the ""Pequod"" crew were considered, perceiving the characters as unrealistic and expressing inappropriate opinions on religions, and condemned the essayistic rhapsodizing and moralizing with what he thought was little respect of what ""must be to"
"next gams with the ""Jungfrau"" from Bremen. Both ships sight whales simultaneously, with the ""Pequod"" winning the contest. The three harpooneers dart their harpoons, and Flask delivers the mortal strike with a lance. The carcass sinks, and Queequeg barely manages to escape. The ""Pequod""s next gam is with the French whaler ""Bouton de Rose"", whose crew is ignorant of the ambergris in the gut of the diseased whale in their possession. Stubb talks them out of it, but Ahab orders him away. Days later, an encounter with a harpooned whale prompts Pip, a little black cabin-boy from Alabama, to jump"
"by NBC. The Pollard character was voiced by actor Jordan Gelber. George Pollard Jr. George Pollard Jr. (1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers ""Essex"" and ""Two Brothers"", both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank ""Essex"", served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"". George Pollard was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar (Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. By the time"
"manner of odd jobs from gold mining to deep sea diving, to riding and winning prize money at rodeos. Ledebur settled in the United States in 1939 and anglicised his name to 'Frederick'. A close friendship with fellow adventurer and director John Huston, gave Ledebur his entre' to character acting. In 1945, von Ledebur made his film debut. He later appeared in ""Alexander the Great"" (1955), and played chief harpooneer Queequeg, a South Sea chieftain, in the film ""Moby Dick"" (1956). ""Better a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian"", ""Herman Melville's"" Ishmael famously says of Queequeg in the book and"
"to do a double-take. This shot was used on the later second, third and fourth season opening credits for the series. The name of the character Starbuck is derived from the story of Moby Dick. In the novel, it is the name of the first mate of the whaling ship where most of the story takes place, the ""Pequod"". “G.F. Starbuck” is referenced in the fake movie credits during Murdock’s escape in the A-team movie. ""TV Guide"" ranked Starbuck # 21 on its ""25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends of All Time"" list. Lieutenant Starbuck Lieutenant Starbuck of the Colonial Service, played"
"of the figurehead, but Dewey crossed the Charles River in a small boat, using the noise of thunderstorms to mask his movements, and managed to saw off most of Jackson's head. The severed head made the rounds between taverns and meeting houses in Boston until Dewey personally returned it to Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson; it remained on Dickerson's library shelf for many years. The addition of busts to her stern escaped controversy of any kind, depicting Isaac Hull, William Bainbridge, and Charles Stewart; the busts remained in place for the next 40 years. Elliot was appointed captain of"
"Peruvian civil war. He was made Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron with his flag in HMS ""Northumberland"" in December 1884. He was promoted to full Admiral in April 1885 and placed on retired list in July 1892. On 8 September 1878, Admiral de Horsey in the ""Shah"" visited Pitcairn Island. His Admiralty report includes the remark, ""One stranger, an American, has settled on the island – a doubtful acquisition."" This line inspired Mark Twain to write the fictional story ""The Great Revolution in Pitcairn"" (1879). He was appointed KCB on 9 November 1903 and lived at Melcombe House in Cowes. He frequently"
"""Peacock"", and the two vessels were under the command of Commodore Edmund P. Kennedy. The mission first sailed to Brazil, then round the Cape of Good Hope to Zanzibar, for Roberts to return ratifications of the two treaties. On 21 September 1835 at 2 am southeast of Masirah Island about four hundred miles from Muscat, ""Peacock"" grounded on a coral reef in about 2 1/4 fathoms. Mr. Roberts, and six men under the command of Passed Midshipman William Rogers, left in a small boat to effect a rescue. The crew hove overboard 11 of 22 guns, re-floated the ship on"
"on an actual event. On May 18, 1843, Melville was aboard ""The Star"" which sailed for Honolulu. Aboard were two sailors from the ship ""Nantucket"" who could have told him that they had seen their second mate ""taken out of a whaleboat by a foul line and drowned, as is Captain Ahab of ""Moby-Dick""."" Ahab's character is shaped by mythic and literary patterns that overlap and reinforce each other in such a complementary way that ""the apparent irony of one allusion is frequently the truth of another."" For instance, allusions to Oedipus, which flesh out Ahab's ignorance and lack of"
"old, Gorges wrote of his delight in Weymouth's kidnapping, and named Squanto as one of the three given over to him. [Captain George Weymouth, having failed at finding a Northwest Passage], happened into a River on the Coast of ""America"", called ""Pemmaquid"", from whence he brought five of the Natives, three of whose names were ""Manida"", ""Sellwarroes"", and ""Tasquantum"", whom I seized upon, they were all of one Nation, but of severall parts, and severall Families; This accident must be acknowledged the meanes under God of putting on foote, and giving life to all our Plantations …. Circumstantial evidence makes"
"hull of a lifeboat. Tom Pearce came ashore first, then heard Eva's shouts and went back into the ocean to rescue her. They came ashore at what is now known as Loch Ard Gorge and sheltered there before seeking assistance. Coincidentally, Tom Pearce was the step son of James Pearce, captain of the . ""Loch Ard""'s cargo included a range of luxury goods, including a large decorative porcelain peacock made by Minton in England, intended to be displayed in the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. The peacock was recovered intact and was eventually able to be displayed a century later"
"went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, then First Naval Lord and, after briefly returning to the Portsmouth command, became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet during the French Revolutionary Wars. The son of Samuel Hood, vicar of Butleigh in Somerset, and prebendary of Wells and Mary Hoskins, daughter of Richard Hoskins, Esquire, of Beaminster, Dorset. In 1740 Captain (later Admiral) Thomas Smith was stranded in Butleigh when his carriage broke down on the way to Plymouth. The Rev Samuel Hood rescued him and gave him hospitality for the night. Samuel and his younger brother Alexander were inspired by his stories of the sea"