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Book 2003

Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
Published
2003
  • Essex (Whale-ship)
  • Essex (Whaleship)
  • Shipwrecks
  • Shipwreck survival
  • Whaling ships
  • History
  • Whaling

Story of the Nantucket whaler's destruction on November 20, 1820 by an enraged sperm whale and a record of privation and suffering by crew on the open Pacific.