And so Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of the oriental archipelagoes spread before him; and another separate one representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands—Niphon, Matsmai, and Sikoke.

因此，斯塔巴克进到船长室的时候，发现亚哈面前正摊着一张东方群岛的总图；还有一张图上画着一长串东海岸的日本岛屿——日本、松前和四国。