| Author | : Jeremiah N. Reynolds |
| File Size | : 41,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Unknown |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : UOM:39076006244409 |
| Pages | : 48 pages |
Download or read online Mocha Dick or The white whale of the Pacific written by Jeremiah N. Reynolds, published by Unknown which was released on 1839. Get Mocha Dick or The white whale of the Pacific Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle.
Get BookJeremiah N. Reynolds (1799-1858), an American newspaper editor, lecturer, explorer and author who became an influential advocate for scientific expeditions. Reynolds gathered first-hand observations of Mocha Dick, an albino sperm whale off Chile who bedeviled a generation of whalers for thirty years before succumbing to one. Mocha Dick survived many
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Mocha Dick was the name 19th-century sailors gave to a notorious sperm white whale often encountered in the Pacific Ocean in the early 19th century. Herman Melville drew on this story in his classic novel "Moby-Dick."
Get BookMoby Dick és la novel·la més important de Melville. Explica l'obsessió d'un home, el capità Ahab, per matar Moby Dick, una balena en la qual veu l'encarnació del Mal. Ahab actua mogut per l'odi a l'animal que, una vegada, li va arrencar una cama. Però, per sobre del
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Download or read online Mocha Dick Or the White Whale of the Pacific Edited With Pictures by Lowell LeRoy Balcom Reprinted from the Knickerbocker Magazine written by John N. REYNOLDS,Lowell LeRey BALCOM, published by Unknown which was released on 1932. Get Mocha Dick Or the White Whale of the Pacific
Get Book"A tour de force of design, story and illustration." - Kirkus Starred Review In 1839, Herman Melville was among the New Yorkers who thrilled to a magazine account of a white sperm whale's attacks on whaling ships. That whale was named Mocha Dick, but 12 years later, he would be immortalized in
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