Pequod
Whale hunter's vessel
Pequod is the whaling ship in Herman Melville's novel *Moby-Dick*, captained by the obsessed Ahab in his pursuit of the white whale.
The name, taken from the Pequot people of New England, has become synonymous with doomed voyages driven by monomaniacal purpose: The whole venture had a Pequod quality to it.
- IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
- white whaleConsuming, elusive pursuit
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- NantucketMassachusetts island resort
Queequeg · Starbuck · Melville · leviathan · coffin · doubloon · prophecy · obsession
Double-ended hunting vessel
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- blubberMarine mammal fat
- spermacetiWhale-derived waxy substance
- flensingRemoving whale fat
ambergris · scrimshaw · masthead · crow's nest · lance · cask · oil · Nantucket
Ahab
- IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
- white whaleConsuming, elusive pursuit
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
Queequeg · Starbuck · Melville · Nantucket · leviathan · coffin · doubloon · prophecy · obsession · vengeance
whaleboat
Double-ended hunting vessel
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- blubberMarine mammal fat
- spermacetiWhale-derived waxy substance
flensing · ambergris · scrimshaw · masthead · crow's nest · lance · cask · oil · Nantucket · sperm whale
Nantucket
Massachusetts island resort
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- Cape HornSouth America's southernmost point
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
equator · ocean · sea · journey · quest · departure · circumnavigation · course · horizon · storm
whaleship
Vessel for hunting cetaceans
stern · bow · rigging · sail · quarterdeck · forecastle · hold · cabin · anchor · helm
PequodArgo
Legendary Greek vessel
Mayflower · HMS Victory · Noah's Ark · Flying Dutchman · Titanic