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Title | Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex of Nantucket… |
Reference | RB NAN 639.28 C38 C.3 |
Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
Date | 1821 |
Publisher | W B Gilley |
Place of Publication | New York |
Author / Creator | Chase, Owen |
Description | A narrative of a whaling voyage by the ship Essex . The ship is famous for being attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. This incident is believed to have inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick. |
Document Type | Printed Book |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Social Life; Employment and Labour |
Keywords | whaling, trade, crew, voyage, adventure, attack, shipwreck |
Countries | USA; Cape Verde; Chile |
Places | Society Islands |
Ports | Nantucket, USA |
Ships | Essex |
Additional Information |
Full title: Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex of Nantucket; which was Attacked and Finally Destroyed by a Large Spermaceti-Whale in the Pacific Ocean; with an Account of the Unparalleled Sufferings of the Captain and Crew During a Space of Ninety-Three Days at Sea in Open Boats in the Years 1819 & 1820 Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue. |
Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |