Queequeg

Queequeg, fictional character, a tattooed South Sea Islander and onetime cannibal who is a harpooner aboard the ship Pequod, in the novel Moby-Dick (1851) by Herman Melville.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.

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Article Title: Queequeg

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 17 February 2011

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Access Date: February 22, 2025