tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post1912297486366304186..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Thomas Sweeny (1811-1879) in 1846, Captain Williams's virtual whaling voyage in 1863Scott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-31406844166801230422016-07-26T12:55:53.907-05:002016-07-26T12:55:53.907-05:00We do know that Ishmael had read Langsdorff (he te...We do know that Ishmael had read Langsdorff (he tells us so) -- but them maybe Ishmael had also read Omoo. :-)<br /><br />"At first I knew not what to make of this; but soon an inkling of the truth occurred to me. I remembered a story of a white man--a whaleman too--who, falling among the cannibals, had been tattooed by them. I concluded that this harpooneer, in the course of his distant voyages, must have met with a similar adventure."Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com