Not P but Moby-Dick (41)

[David Morris]

Yes. This is definitely the intended meaning.

Essentially, the map represents a kind of conquest over nature and
barbarity

On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 4:15 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Explored, mapped, and charted for efficiency crossing and arriving intact
> at the intended destination.
>
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 11:47 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 54:
> >
> > You must know that in a settled and civilized ocean like our Atlantic,
> for
> > example, some skippers think little of pumping their whole way across
> > it; though
> > of a still, sleepy night, should the officer of the deck happen to forget
> > his duty in that respect, the probability would be that he and his
> > shipmates would never again remember it, on account of all hands gently
> > subsiding to the bottom. Nor in the solitary and savage seas far from you
> > to the westward, gentlemen, is it altogether unusual for ships to keep
> > clanging at their pump-handles in full chorus even for a voyage of
> > considerable length; that is, if it lie along a tolerably accessible
> coast,
> > or if any other reasonable retreat is afforded them.
> >
> > What does "settled" mean here?
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