New Bedford, Massachusetts
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New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region, abutting Buzzards Bay. At the 2020 census, New Be
New Bedford, Massachusetts view from harbor
North Water Street, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Vistor Center 2006
William Rotch House, New Bedford, MA
Moby-Dick
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book centers on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod,
New Bedford, Massachusetts
…slaves, including Frederick Douglass, who lived there from 1838 until 1841. The city also served as a setting in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. From 1876 to 1900, New Bedford served as the initial home port for the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, the precursor of the United States Coast…
The cover of the first American edition of Moby-Dick, published in November 1851
Moby Dick attacking a whaling boat
The illustration of Queequeg in a 1902 edition
Moby Dick in a 1902 edition