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The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex : A First-hand Account of One of History's...
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- Condition
- Subject Area
- Maritime Disasters
- ISBN
- 9780747274049
- EAN
- 9780747274049
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex : A First-hand Account of One of History's Most Extraordinary Maritime Disasters
- Item Height
- 144mm
- Publisher
- HEADLINE Publishing Group
- Item Width
- 224mm
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 402g
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The morning of 20 November 1820 was a doomed one for the whaleship Essex. More than a thousand miles from land, in the South Pacific, the ship was sunk, rammed by an enraged sperm whale. Twenty sailors managed to collect some bread and water from the wreck before pulling away in three frail boats, but only eight survived what was to follow: three months of terror, despair and debilitating exhaustion at sea. Owen Chase was one of two survivors who endured the ninety crippling days of starvation in the open sea. When he returned to Nantucket and his journal of the Essex s treacherous voyage was published. But Chase only lived to tell the tale because he had eaten his ship-mates...
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HEADLINE Publishing Group
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9780747274049
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Publication Name
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex : A First-hand Account of One of History's Most Extraordinary Maritime Disasters
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
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Item Height
144mm
Item Width
224mm
Item Weight
402g
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Biographies & True Stories
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United Kingdom
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