Whipscars and tattoos [electronic resource] : The last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori / Geoffrey Sanborn. Sanborn, Geoffrey. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans Sources. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Characters Magua. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Knowledge New Zealand. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick Sources. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Characters Queequeg. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Knowledge New Zealand. Maori (New Zealand people) in literature. PS1408 813.2 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751693.001.0001 eng