tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post5139156381702884202..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Morgan's History of AlgiersScott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-76213929837183880502014-09-28T20:46:19.154-05:002014-09-28T20:46:19.154-05:00"Dey" appears in Moby-Dick as well: it w..."Dey" appears in Moby-Dick as well: it was when "attached to the trading-ship Dey of Algiers" that Ishmael paid a visit to King Tranquo:<br /><br />http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t3kw6ns1s;view=1up;seq=531<br /><br />So perhaps Morgan's volume contains prefigurings of the Arsacides too.<br /><br />RJORobert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com