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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale
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Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase, Thomas Philbrick (Introduction by)
In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex, thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific, was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. The incident was the Titanic story of its day, and provided the inspiration for Melville's Moby-Dick. The Narrative of the Wreck of ...
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