What book does the name of an American coffeehouse chain Starbucks come from?

The Mysterious Island
Treasure Island
Gulliver's Travels
Moby-Dick
The company took the name of the chief mate in the book Moby-Dick: Starbuck, after considering "Cargo House" and "Pequod".
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