whaling_ship

rachel

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Properties

_kg_layer
0
action
rescues Ishmael
captain
Captain Gardiner
characteristic
devious-cruising
condition_on_encounter
spars thickly clustering with men
description
Another whaling ship encountered by the Pequod, noted for 'children-seeking' implying a prior tragic event.
mission
children-seeking
size
large
status
encountered

Relationships

  • rescuesIshmael
    description
    The ship Rachel, while on its own mission, finds and picks up Ishmael, who is floating alone in the sea.
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    source_text
    On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked me up at last. It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.
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    2026-03-02T00:03:40.154Z
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  • commanded_byCaptain Gardiner
    description
    Captain Gardiner is identified as the commander of the Rachel, standing in his boat to hail the Pequod.
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    source_text
    ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat;
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    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:04:24.042Z
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  • referenced_byPequod
    context
    meets
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    source_text
    after meeting the children-seeking Rachel; and no spout had yet been seen
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:08:13.990Z
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