Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex
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Publisher: Vintage Classics
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781784871260
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On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales. As the crew started harpooning, the largest whale – some 85 feet long – rammed the Essex twice and 'stove in her bows'. What followed was an epic three-month voyage in open boats across storm-tossed seas. Only eight men survived, sustained by eating those who died.
This edition includes Owen Chases’s famous account, as well as memoirs by two other crew members and a facsimile of Herman Melville's notes on Chase’s narrative.
