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Ruritania is a fictional country, originally located in Central Europe as a setting for novels by Anthony Hope, such as The Prisoner of Zenda (1894). [1] [2] Nowadays, the term connotes a quaint minor European country or is used as a placeholder name for an unspecified country in academic discussions.
Moby-Dick (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville.While some characters only appear in the shore-based chapters at the beginning of the book, and others are captains and crewmembers of other ships, the majority of the characters are officers or crewmembers of the whaling ship, Pequod.
Canadian whaler and master harpooner Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful manservant Conseil are also among the participants. The expedition leaves Brooklyn aboard the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln, then travels south around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean. After a five-month search ending off Japan, the frigate locates and attacks the ...
Captain Ahab is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod.On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of ivory.
fictional walled city in the world of William Nicholson's Wind On Fire trilogy. It is destroyed in the second book, Slaves of the Mastery when Ortiz and his raiding company attack and take the whole population (minus Kestrel) as slaves for the Mastery. Aramanth later becomes part of the Sovereignty of Gang under Bowman and Sisi's leadership.
Queequeg is native to the fictional island of Kokovoko (also known as Rokovoko), an "island far away to the West and South", [1] or more specifically in the South Pacific Ocean. He was the son of High Chief, King as well various other well-respected individuals of his community. Queequeg's culture is referenced to be cannibalistic.
Following are lists of fictional locations, as large as a universe and as small as a pub. List of fictional bars and pubs; List of fictional castles;
A fictional town in Germany with a nuclear power plant and a cave system in it. In 2019, two children go missing and one unidentified child is found dead in a local forest, what leads the locals to discover the time portals in the caves. Wind Gap, Missouri Sharp Objects: HBO: A fictional town in the state of Missouri, known for its pig farms.