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Little is known for sure about how exactly Melville transformed Mocha Dick into Moby Dick for his story. Humans Reached the Roof of the World 40, Years. In the novel, he writes that other whales received names like "Tom" or "Jack" along with the name of the place where they were sighted—like Timor Jack, or Mocha Dick. The technologies used to hunt whales became ever more sophisticated, write Meghan E. For almost three centuries between the s and the early twentieth century, whaling was huge—and risky—business. Subscribe Top Menu Current Issue.

Reynolds in an account in The Knickerbocker. The huge whale became famous for escaping ships over the next 28 years before he was at last killed by whalers in a dramatic encounter that was publicized by writer Jeremiah N. At the Smithsonian Visit. But the situation was reversed for the white whale's namesake: