Flying Dutchman

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Flying Dutchman

Phantom ship supposed to haunt the waters round the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. According to the legend, the captain, Hendrik Vanderdecken, was condemned to sail for ever round the Cape because of his blasphemous vow to round the Cape if he had to fight God and the devil until doomsday.

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Here a second inscription informed me that the painter considered the Flying Dutchman to be no other than the Wandering Jew, pursuing his interminable Journey by sea.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

She might have been the very Flying Dutchman, so foul, draggled, and unkempt was every rope and stick aboard.

Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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