Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex: The true story that inspired the film In the Heart of the Sea by Owen Chase

Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex: The true story that inspired the film In the Heart of the Sea

Owen Chase

141 pages first pub 1821 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir adventurous sad slow-paced
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On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, out of Nantucket, spotted a 'shoal' of sperm whales. It was a fine clear day, about eight in the morning. Two whaling boats, lightly built for rowing speed, were lowered from ...

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