The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex PDF Author: Owen Chase
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ISBN: 9780747274049
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Book Description
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 the following three months of despair and debilitating exhaustion at sea - Owen Chase was one of these, and this is his journal of shipwreck, camaraderie and cannibalism.