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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.

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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. By Owen Chase ... first made ...
Author
Chase, Owen.
Publication
New-York, Published by W.B. Gilley, J. Seymour printer, 1821.

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128 p.; 19 cm.
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  • 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 ...
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New-York, Published by W.B. Gilley, J. Seymour printer, 1821.
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