teneriffe man
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- first to spot Moby Dick
- description
- A sailor from Teneriffe aboard the Town-Ho who, in a moment of excitement, was the first to loudly spot Moby Dick, inadvertently breaking the crew's pact.
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- Teneriffe
- role
- sailor
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- spotsMoby Dick
- description
- A sailor from Teneriffe was the first to loudly identify Moby Dick near the ship.
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- a stupid Teneriffe man, drawing water in the main-chains, all at once shouted out, ‘There she rolls! there she rolls!’ Jesu, what a whale! It was Moby Dick.
- breaksCrew's Pact (Town-Ho)
- description
- In the excitement of spotting Moby Dick, the Teneriffe man instinctively broke the crew's agreement not to shout for whales.
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- source_text
- forgetful of the compact among the crew—in the excitement of the moment, the Teneriffe man had instinctively and involuntarily lifted his voice for the monster,
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:03.744Z
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