All 3 Uses of
Amsterdam
in
Moby Dick
- That's the way—THAT'S it; thy throat ain't spoiled with eating Amsterdam butter.†
Chpt 40-42 *Amsterdam = largest city of the Netherlands
- Among the Dutch whalemen these scraps are called "fritters"; which, indeed, they greatly resemble, being brown and crisp, and smelling something like old Amsterdam housewives' dough-nuts or oly-cooks, when fresh.†
Chpt 64-66
- The title was, "Dan Coopman," wherefore I concluded that this must be the invaluable memoirs of some Amsterdam cooper in the fishery, as every whale ship must carry its cooper.†
Chpt 100-102
Definition:
largest city of the Netherlands; known for its canals, museums, and multiculturalism