| Manhatto to New Bedford |
Old Manhatto |
New Bedford |
Shore travel |
292 km |
estimated / book |
Ch. 2: quits Manhatto for New Bedford |
| The Moss packet to Nantucket |
New Bedford |
Nantucket |
Packet schooner |
81 km |
geodesic / geocoded |
Ch. 13: packet schooner Moss Ch. 14: safe arrival in Nantucket |
| Pequod clears Nantucket |
Nantucket |
North Atlantic off Nantucket |
Whaleship |
452 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 21: going aboard Ch. 22: Merry Christmas departure Ch. 23: lee shore |
| Outward North Atlantic cruise |
North Atlantic off Nantucket |
South Atlantic trades |
Whaleship |
7,418 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 28: Ahab appears after several days at sea Ch. 36: Ahab reveals the White Whale hunt Ch. 44: charts of all four oceans |
| South Atlantic to Cape of Good Hope |
South Atlantic trades |
Cape of Good Hope waters |
Whaleship |
5,145 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 44: Season-on-the-Line planning Ch. 51: Cape winds and Cape of Good Hope |
| Cape to the distant Crozetts |
Cape of Good Hope waters |
Waters off the Crozet Islands |
Whaleship |
2,954 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 52: southeastward from the Cape |
| Crozet waters to the Indian Ocean Line |
Waters off the Crozet Islands |
Indian Ocean Line |
Whaleship |
4,806 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 53: gam at sea Ch. 60: this part of the Indian Ocean |
| Indian Ocean whaling cruise |
Indian Ocean Line |
Eastern Indian Ocean whale-ground |
Whaleship |
3,056 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 61: Stubb kills a whale Ch. 81: wide intervals of latitude and longitude |
| Eastern Indian Ocean to Java Head |
Eastern Indian Ocean whale-ground |
Java Head |
Whaleship |
1,467 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 81: Pequod meets the Virgin Ch. 87: drawing nigh to the Straits of Sunda |
| Sunda Strait and Javan Sea |
Java Head |
Javan Sea |
Whaleship |
556 km |
geodesic / textual |
Ch. 87: Java Head and the Javan Sea |
| Javan Sea to Formosa and the Bashees |
Javan Sea |
Formosa and Bashee approach |
Whaleship |
3,181 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 87: cruising northwards by the Philippines Ch. 109: drawing nigh to Formosa and Bashee Isles |
| Bashee Isles to the Japanese cruising-ground |
Bashee Isles |
Japanese cruising-ground |
Whaleship |
2,282 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 111: gliding by the Bashee Isles Ch. 111: towards the Japanese cruising-ground |
| Whaling on the Japanese ground |
Japanese cruising-ground |
Eastern Japanese whale-ground |
Whaleboat |
821 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 114: heart of the Japanese cruising ground Ch. 115: Bachelor on the same seas Ch. 116: next day whales were seen |
| Japanese seas toward the Pacific Line |
Eastern Japanese whale-ground |
Equatorial Pacific fishing-ground |
Whaleship |
3,535 km |
estimated / textual |
Ch. 118: season for the Line Ch. 126: path towards the Equator Ch. 126: outskirts of the Equatorial fishing-ground |
| Equatorial search and final gams |
Equatorial Pacific fishing-ground |
Delight encounter waters |
Whaleship |
558 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 128: Rachel saw Moby Dick yesterday Ch. 131: Pequod meets the Delight Ch. 132: calm before the chase |
| The chase - first day |
Delight encounter waters |
First day chase waters |
Whaleboat |
134 km |
estimated / fictional |
Ch. 133: The Chase - First Day |
| The chase - second day |
First day chase waters |
Second day chase waters |
Whaleboat |
68 km |
estimated / fictional |
Ch. 134: The Chase - Second Day |
| The chase - third day and Pequod wreck |
Second day chase waters |
Pequod wreck |
Whaleboat |
57 km |
estimated / fictional |
Ch. 135: The Chase - Third Day |
| Ishmael drift and Rachel rescue |
Pequod wreck |
Rachel rescue |
Drift and rescue |
33 km |
estimated / estimated |
Ch. 136: Epilogue rescue |