Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
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"Mardi: And a Voyage Thither" is a philosophical and allegorical novel by Herman Melville that uses a fantastical sea voyage and invented islands to explore politics, religion, and human nature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mardi: And a Voyage Thither canonical | 4 |
| Mardi: and a Voyage Thither | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530947 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither Context triple: [Mardi, originalTitle, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither]
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A.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only completed novel, a dark seafaring adventure that blends nautical realism with gothic horror and the uncanny.
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B.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is the official multi-volume account of Captain James Cook’s final expedition, detailing his explorations in the North Pacific and the circumstances leading to his death in Hawaii.
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C.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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D.
An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson recounting his canoe journey through the rivers and canals of Belgium and northern France.
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E.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither Target entity description: "Mardi: And a Voyage Thither" is a philosophical and allegorical novel by Herman Melville that uses a fantastical sea voyage and invented islands to explore politics, religion, and human nature.
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A.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only completed novel, a dark seafaring adventure that blends nautical realism with gothic horror and the uncanny.
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B.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is the official multi-volume account of Captain James Cook’s final expedition, detailing his explorations in the North Pacific and the circumstances leading to his death in Hawaii.
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C.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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D.
An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson recounting his canoe journey through the rivers and canals of Belgium and northern France.
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E.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresTheme |
colonialism
ⓘ
human nature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ utopianism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Redburn ⓘ |
| follows | Omoo ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
allegory ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Babbalanja
ⓘ
King Abrazza ⓘ Media ⓘ Taji ⓘ Yillah ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later modernist narrative experiments ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume I
ⓘ
Volume II ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
metaphysics
ⓘ
morality ⓘ mythology ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | travel narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
fantastical sea voyage
ⓘ
invented islands ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex symbolism
ⓘ
early example of Melville’s experimental style ⓘ philosophical digressions ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| setting | South Pacific ⓘ |
| title | Mardi: And a Voyage Thither ⓘ |
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