Complete route table

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale complete route table

This table exposes every path used by the 3D map. It is designed for readers who want to inspect distance choices, travel media, source confidence, and chapter coverage without relying on the interactive globe.

Segments 19
Mapped distance 36,895 km
First waypoint Old Manhatto
Final waypoint Rachel rescue
Path Start End Medium Distance Evidence Sources
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