🛳️Ishmael investigates three ships and chooses the Pequod for his voyage.
🦵Captain Ahab, the captain of the Pequod, has only one leg due to a bad encounter with a whale.
💰Peleg and Bildad, the owners of the Pequod, negotiate Ishmael's wages.
🕉️Queequeg is observed observing a religious fast before signing up for the Pequod.
🔮Ishmael has a cryptic encounter with a strange man named Elijah who talks about Captain Ahab.