MS. Found in a Bottle Exploration Quotes

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Quote #4

She rose up, like a demon of the deep, slowly from the dim and horrible gulf beyond her I have been looking at the timbers of the ship. She is built of a material to which I am a stranger. (17)

Exploration doesn't always have to be geographical. The black galleon itself becomes something new to discover, with the narrator learning strange and sometimes disturbing facts about it once he jumps on board.

Quote #5

Around them on every part of the deck lay scattered mathematical instruments of the most quaint and obsolete construction. (19)

The strange instruments drum up yet another mystery to be explored: just how old is this ship? They also suggest that reaching this part of the ocean takes more than ordinary navigation: it takes something weird and out-of-the-ordinary.

Quote #6

I must suppose the ship to be within the influence of some strong current, or impetuous under-tow. (20)

The force pulling the ship south seems to be beyond the crew's control, maybe even supernatural. Even if it isn't, it reinforces the narrator's helplessness even in his new surroundings.