Chapter 2 route notes
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale chapter 2 map: The Carpet-Bag
The interactive map opens this page at chapter 2. The static notes below explain the chapter's mapped location, distance changes, slope or depth changes, and source trail.
Anchor
Manhatto to New Bedford
Movement
surface
Segments active
1
Chapter distance
292 km
Chapter facts
- Ishmael quits old Manhatto and arrives in New Bedford on a Saturday night in December.
- He finds the Nantucket packet has already sailed.
- The route moves from New York to New Bedford.
- Sea-level or surface travel is modeled; no vertical depth component is assigned.
The segment follows a plausible coastal New York-to-New Bedford route because the exact conveyance is not specified.
Mapped paths in this chapter
| Path | From | To | Medium | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhatto to New Bedford | Old Manhatto | New Bedford | Shore travel | 292 km |