Author: Charles Wilkes

Cited by

• Herman Melville (1)
  • IN: Moby-Dick (1851) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It is impossible to meet a whale-ship on the ocean without being struck by her near appearance. The vessel under short sail, with look-outs at the mast-heads, eagerly scanning the wide expanse around them, has a totally different air from those engaged in regular voyage.
    FROM: Currents and Whaling. U.S. Ex. Ex., (1845), Book, US