Today I Found Out
The Real Ship-Destroying White Whale That Inspired Moby Dick (2015x35)
: 16, 2015
→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/toda→“Dick” part of the name is thought to have simply been after the practice of naming certain deadly whales common names like “Dick” or “Tom”. The whalers that first spotted him attempted to kill him, but he survived the encounter.
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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/a-real-life-white-whale-that-destroyed-over-20-whaling-ships-and-survived-encounters-with-another-80/
Resources/Further Reading:
http://books.google.com/books?id=-i6rFHdkYDwC&pg=PA375&lpg=PA375&dq=%22mocha+dick%22#v=onepage&q=%22mocha%20dick%22&f=false
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156006898/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0156006898
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00086LV40/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00086LV40
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142000086/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0142000086
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocha_Island
http://www.melville.org/reynolds.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815963,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaleship_Essex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_N._Reynolds
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/7-famous-albino-animals/mocha-dick-the-sperm-whalehttp://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/7-famous-albino-animals/mocha-dick-the-sperm-whale
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Exhibitions/Tristin-Lowe/
http://www.melville.org/mobyname.htm
http://guy.com/2011/06/07/dont-skip-this-moby-dick/
Image Credit (thank you)
https://americangloom.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/moby-dick.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Captain_John_Reynolds_Jeremiah_Theus.jpg
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media//65/99265-050-87DC