Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket : which was attacked and finally destroyed by a large spermaceti-whale, in the Pacific Ocean : with an account of the unparalleled sufferings of the captain and crew during a space of ninety-three days at sea, in open boats, in the years 1819 & 1820 /

Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket : which was attacked and finally destroyed by a large spermaceti-whale, in the Pacific Ocean : with an account of the unparalleled sufferings of the captain and crew during a space of ninety-three days at sea, in open boats, in the years 1819 & 1820 /

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Author / Creator:Chase, Owen.
Imprint:New-York : W.B. Gilley, 1821.
Description:128 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Series:China, America and the Pacific.
Subject:
Chase, Owen.
Essex (Whaleship)
Sperm whale hunting -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival -- Pacific Ocean.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13098290
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Varying Form of Title:Shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex
Other authors / contributors:Nantucket Historical Association.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Notes:Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2014 (China, America and the Pacific : trade & cultural exchange)
Nantucket Historical Association

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