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Language: en
Pages: 226
Pages: 226
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: University Press of New England
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Language: en
Pages: 84
Pages: 84
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
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 Nan
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:
The morning of 20 November 1820 was a doomed one for the Essex. Over 1000 miles from land, she was sunk, rammed by a sperm whale. Only eight sailors survived th
Language: en
Pages: 54
Pages: 54
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-01 - Publisher: Hesperus Press
Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the feature film Heart of the Sea A tragic yet riveting narration of
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-09 - Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.