The epic about the dangerous hunt for the giant White Whale, Moby Dick is a well-known work of the American writer, sailor and traveler Herman Melville (1819-1891). All over the seas, Moby Dick is looking for the brave captain of the whaling ship Ahab, who lost his leg in a fight with White Whale. The duel between Ahab and his team with Moby Dick appears in the novel as a battle of the human mind and will with hostile destructive forces.