The Wreck Of The Whaleship Essex. A First Hand Account Of One Of History's Most Extraordinary Maritime Disasters

Author: Owen Chase

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Price : $10.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780747263630
Publisher : Headline Publishing Group
Imprint : Headline Review
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Weight (g) : 0.181437
Publication date : 01 April 2000
Dimensions : 2.2 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 19.5 Centimeters
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Author : Owen Chase
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Language : English
Reading Level : very good
Pages : xvi, 208
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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.

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