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Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex’ and Inspired Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’

November 20, 1820, was a bright morning in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, 1,500 nautical miles west of the Galápagos Islands ...
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The True Story That Inspired In The Heart Of The Sea

The 2015 movie, In The Heart Of The Sea, is inspired by a thrilling true story of survival and bravery. Directed by Ron Howard, the movie explores how the crew of a whaling ship face a grueling battle ...
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The wreck of the whaleship Essex; a narrative account by Owen Chase, first mate. Edited, and with prologue and epilogue, by Iola Haverstick and Betty Shepard. Map by Kathleen Voute

First ed. published in 1821 under title: Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket.
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Narratives of the wreck of the whale-ship Essex / Owen Chase, et al

Chase, Owen Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex of Nantucket which was attacked & finally destroyed by a large spermaceti-whale in the Pacific ocean .
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Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex’ and Inspired Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’

A whale attacks a boat in Frank Goodrich's 1858 novel "Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time". Public domain ...