Editing Queequeg (section)

{{Short description|Character from the novel Moby-Dick}}
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{{Infobox character
| series = [[Moby Dick]]
| image = Queequeg.JPG
| creator = [[Herman Melville]]
| occupation =
| gender = Male
| nationality = South Pacific Islander
}}

'''Queequeg''' is a character in the 1851 novel ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by American author [[Herman Melville]]. The story outlines his royal, Polynesian descent, as well as his desire to "visit Christendom" that led him to leave his homeland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Melville |first=Herman |title=Moby-Dick, or The Whale |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |year=1851 |editor-last=Simon |editor-first=Pete |location=New York |pages=31, 39, 44, 73–77, 81–2, 96–115, 117–119, 546–551, epilogue |language=English}}</ref> Queequeg is visually distinguished by his striking facial tattoos and tan skin. [[Ishmael (Moby-Dick)|Ishmael]] encounters Queequeg in Chapter Three and they become unlikely friends. Once aboard the whaling ship the [[Pequod (Moby-Dick)|''Pequod'']], Queequeg becomes the harpooner for the mate [[List of Moby-Dick characters#Mates|Starbuck]].