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- # CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a chapter from the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), extracted from the text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). The chapter's title is "CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes." It was extracted on January 30, 2026, and edited by the "Structure Extraction" user.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the file moby_dick.txt. The chapter follows [CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.](arke:01KG8AK8X9BC2M3BMZGHPVSQ2F) and precedes [CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.](arke:01KG8AK8X9CVH2FP54HA1CSKWA).
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter's text begins on line 897 of the source file and continues to line 897. The text includes the line "the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely\r".
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- the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely
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- CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.