The Whale Ship Essex: Narrative Of The Distressing Shipwreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex: Whaleship Essex True Story
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798728826583
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03-26
- Author
- Nathan Gotschall
Description
Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Thousands of miles from the coast of South America with little food and water, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in the ship's surviving whaleboats. This account includes actual news coverage of whale attacks and cannibals.
