Richard Parker

There was actually a court case, which is why this one is so well-known.

Two months in, the ship sank, and four crew members were able to get onto a lifeboat, including 17-year-old Richard Parker.

And Richard Parker is a name that's come up before.

Life of Pi, comes up in Life of Pi as the-

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... as a character also stranded at sea.

Before this happened, Edgar Allan Poe has a story about a shipwreck with a Richard Parker.

Interesting.