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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

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