Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex
by Owen Chase
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- Author
- Chase, Owen, 1797-1869
- Title
- 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.
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, Mary Glenn Krause, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Shipwreck survival -- Pacific Ocean
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61931
- Release Date
- April 25, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.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.
- 2.TO THE READER.
- 3.PREFACE. — CHAPTER I.
- 4.CHAPTER II.
- 5.CHAPTER III.
- 6.SUPPLEMENT.
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