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The wreck of the whaleship Essex

a first-hand account of one of history's most extraordinary maritime disasters

By Owen Chase

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Publish Date

2000

Publisher

Review,Headline Paperbacks

Language

eng

Pages

126

Description:

Story of the Nantucket whaler's destruction on November 20, 1820 by an enraged sperm whale and a record of privation and suffering by crew on the open Pacific.