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  • The Disaster of the Whaleship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of thirty had time only to collect some bread and water before pulling away in three frail open boats. Without charts, alone on the open seas, and thousands of miles from any known land, the sailors began their terrifying journey of survival. ... Read more

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  • Beyond the Heart of the Sea: The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Owen Chase was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase. ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

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  • The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale

    First-Person Accounts

    by Owen Chase, Thomas Nickerson ...
    The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the SeaIn 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days. ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex is the history of a whale ship attacked by a sperm whale, and the inspiration for Moby Dick. ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket

    by OWEN CHASE ...
    The "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket" is a harrowing account penned by Owen Chase, the first mate of the ill-fated whaling ship. The Essex set sail from Nantucket, embarking on a perilous journey that would lead to disaster. After being rammed by a sperm whale, the ship sank, leaving the crew stranded in small whaleboats in the ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket

    Enriched edition. Survival and Tragedy: A Sailor's Harrowing Ordeal

    by Owen Chase, Fiona Dixon ...
    In "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket," Owen Chase recounts the harrowing journey of the Essex, which met a tragic fate in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. Written in a vivid and immersive literary style, the narrative captures both the physical and psychological challenges faced by the crew as they confront starvation, cannibalism, and ... Read more

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  • Beneath the Heart of the Sea

    The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the feature film Heart of the SeaA tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, this is an extreme account of shipwreck survival. On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex is an account by first mate Owen Chase of the Essex, a whale ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, that was sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean near South American in 1820. Of the twenty-man crew, only eight survived the horrific ordeal; some men were stranded on an island, all remaining crew were forced to ... Read more

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  • The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex

    The True Narrative that Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

    by Owen Chase ...
    The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex is the harrowing narrative of an unfortunate vessel’s calamitous encounter with a great white whale, and the crew’s perilous fight for survival on the open sea. This Explorer’s Club edition faithfully reproduces Owen Chase’s original 1821 narrative, in which he chronicles the great whale’s attack on the ship, the Essex’s subsequent sinking, and the more than ... Read more

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  • The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

    by Owen Chase, George Pollard Jr., Thomas Chappel ...
    The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts one of the greatest real-life sea adventures of all time. This faithful Warbler Classics edition reproduces First Mate Owen Chase's riveting original 1821 account of the sinking of the Essex by an enormous whale and the fates that befell her twenty-man crew. Those who survived endured months of stormy seas in small boats, insufferable heat, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD