Captain Ahab

11/11/2025 11 min
Captain Ahab

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Among the sailors of the great American whaling era, no figure looms larger or more haunted than Captain Ahab of the Pequod. Part visionary, part madman, he was a commander whose name became a warning whispered in every harbour. His pursuit of the great white whale that maimed him remains one of the most extraordinary …
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