Publication Year:1999
Original Language:English
Author Nationality:United States
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex
by Owen Chase
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Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Abo...
