Character profile
Captain Boomer
Master of the Samuel Enderby
Character guide ↗In the book
“Samuel Enderby is the name of my ship”
Passages from the novel
“Samuel Enderby is the name of my ship,” interrupted the one-armed captain, addressing Ahab; “go on, boy.”
“It was a shocking bad wound,” began the whale-surgeon; “and, taking my advice, Captain Boomer here, stood our old Sammy—”
Key chapters
- Chapter 100 ↗ · “Oh!” cried the one-armed captain, “oh, yes! Well; after he sounded, we didn’t see him again for some time; in fact, as I before hinted, I didn’t then know what whale it was that had served me su…
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