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Real-life Events Inspired the Novel Moby Dick
- "In 1839, Melville read a story in a magazine about an albino sperm whale famed for its deadly attacks on whaling ships trying to hunt it down. This whale, killed off the coast of Chile near Mocha Island, was called Mocha Dick." - excerpt from Ocean Facts section of the NOAA National Ocean Service website.
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