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Bookmark or Share- Moby Dick (whale) - WikipediaMoby Dick is a fictional white sperm whale and the primary antagonist in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Melville based the whale on an albino whale of that period, Mocha Dick.
- The Real-Life Whale That Gave Moby Dick His NameMocha Dick, named after the island of Mocha in Chile, near where he was first spotted, was “one of the largest, most powerful sperm whales of 19th-century lore,” according to the Chronicle Books...
- Was Moby Dick a real whale? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, the allegorical novel about Captain Ahab’s search to kill a great white whale, was based on real-life events. Born in 1819, author Herman Melville grew up during the peak of American dominance of the whaling industry, roughly the period between 1820 and the start of the Civil War.
- Moby-Dick - WikipediaMoby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael 's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
- The True Story That Inspired Moby Dick - GrungeHerman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick, the epic tale of the shipwrecking great white whale, is an essential part of American literature and popular culture.
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