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Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 05 January 2015 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Moby-Dick. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Captains of the Pequod

>...Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod...

Shouldn't it be mentioned here that she ship has three captains and not just a single one? 2A01:599:107:1849:64AB:13FF:FEB6:BFA9 (talk) 21:10, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong description of the route they took

"Ahab then turns southwest and sails along the coast of South America. But instead of rounding Cape Horn at its tip, he heads northeast towards the equatorial Pacific Ocean to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean."

It says here they went northeast towards the equatorial pacific ocean. It should say they went towards the equatorial ATLANTIC ocean. 80.114.163.41 (talk) 16:42, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]