Sailing and Whaling

[Anonymous No.16298222]

In Moby-Dick Ishmael talks alot about reading books on sailing and whaling. Can anons recommend any books on these subjects? And what might Ishmael/Melville have read?

[Anonymous No.16298225]

Become rich, buy a submarine and start sinking every yatch in sight.

[Anonymous No.16298237]

>>16298225
>Become rich
ok
>buy a submarine
ok
>start sinking every yatch in sight
y tho?

[Anonymous No.16298429]

>>16298237
Because you were a currycel cucked by Chad Anglos

[Anonymous No.16298602]

Let's get this thread on track. Has anyone read pic related?

[Anonymous No.16299400]

This is not properly about sailing but Joseph Conrad had quite a career in the commercial navy. I only read In the heart of darkness but I think that there must be a book that is inqpired by his experiences.

[Anonymous No.16299450]

>>16298222
He more or less tells you in the book. Also Melville was a whaler himself so the book is populated more with his irl experiences than anything he read.

[Anonymous No.16300185]

moby dick literally opens with a list of the books that melville was reading about sailing and whaling

[Anonymous No.16300325]

>>16298222
I recently finished Moby Dick and I made this chart (pic related). Also a tip, Dover has an imprint called Dover Maritime that publishes non-fiction books like the ones Ishmael may have read. All kinds of topics, from ships to knots to whaling, etc.

[Anonymous No.16300328]

>>16299400
Lord Jim is one.

[Anonymous No.16300700]

>>16300325
saved. looks great anon

[Anonymous No.16300786]

>>16298222
he makes a few references to scorsby's "account of the arctic regions". i only know that because it was in the footnotes.