merchant ship commander
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- description
- A stately and punctilious sea captain whose merchant ship touched at Rokovoko, and who was invited to Queequeg's sister's wedding feast, where he comically misused the punchbowl.
- event_attended
- wedding feast on Rokovoko
- personality_trait
- stately, punctilious
- rank
- sea captain
Relationships
- visitsRokovoko
- description
- A commander of a merchant ship visited the island of Rokovoko and was invited to a local wedding feast.
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- source_text
- a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko
- attendsQueequeg's Sister
- description
- The merchant ship commander was an invited guest at the wedding feast of Queequeg's young sister.
- source
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- source_text
- this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg’s sister
- misinterpretsCalabash Punchbowl
- description
- The commander, mistaking the punchbowl for a huge finger-glass, proceeds to wash his hands in it during the wedding feast.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the Captain coolly proceeds to wash his hands in the punchbowl;—taking it I suppose for a huge finger-glass
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:02.714Z
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