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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 the crew ... in the years 1819 & 1820.
- 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 the crew ... in the years 1819 & 1820. By Owen Chase ... first made ...
- Author
- Chase, Owen.
- Publication
- New-York, Published by W.B. Gilley, J. Seymour printer, 1821.
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- Additional Authors
- Duyckinck Collection.
- Description
- 128 p.; 19 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Supplied the original idea for Melville's Moby Dick.
- Call Number
- *KF 1821 (Chase, O. Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck)
- OCLC
- 12217894
- Author
- Chase, Owen.
- 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 the crew ... in the years 1819 & 1820. By Owen Chase ... first made ...
- Imprint
- New-York, Published by W.B. Gilley, J. Seymour printer, 1821.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Duyckinck Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *KF 1821 (Chase, O. Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck)