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     • On November 20, 1820, an enraged sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,300 miles from the nearest land.
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   Who sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex?

   • Cyprien Gaulon (b. 1777), Sinking of the Nantucket Whaleship Essex by a Whale on 20 November 1820. Colored lithograph, (12 3/8” x 16 7/8”). Bordeaux, France, 1821/22. “On 13 November 1820, the American ship Le Sussex, captain G. Pollard, was attacked by a monstrous whale hitting it at the bow, at the equator, 20°West longitude.

   The Earliest Picture of the Essex Disaster - Nantucket Historical

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   Did sperm whales sank the whaleship Essex?

   • In 1820, an angry sperm whale sank the whaleship Essex, leaving its desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster.

   How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World

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   Why did a whale RAM a Nantucket ship?

   • Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts In 1820 a massive sperm whale rammed a Nantucket whaling ship, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded 1,500 miles from land, the surviving crew’s horrific quest for survival came to symbolize the primordial struggle between man and nature.

   This Real-Life Whaling Disaster Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’

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   How did the Nantucket whaleship get its name?

   • Thus, the hapless Nantucket whaleship’s name appears as Sussex, doubtless a blend of the English county and the ship’s name, Surrey —one of the rescue vessels—and the whale-wrecked Essex. The date on which the whaleship met her doom is given as 13, not 20, November 1820, and the longitude as 20° West instead of circa 120° West.

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3. nha.org › history-topic › the-whaleship-essexThe Whaleship Essex - Nantucket Historical Association

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   On November 20, 1820, an enraged sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,300 miles from the nearest land. Twenty sailors survived the attack and quickly outfitted their three small whaleboats to make a journey to safety.

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   On November 20, 1820, the American whaling ship Essex was rammed by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and sunk. The incident inspired Herman Melville’s famous novel Moby Dick . The Essex had left her home port on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, more than a year earlier.

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   In 1820 a massive sperm whale rammed a Nantucket whaling ship, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded 1,500 miles from land, the surviving crew’s horrific quest for survival...

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   Dec 8, 2021 · HISTORY. The Harrowing Ordeal of the Essex, the Ship That Was Sunk by a Whale. This terrifying wreck, and its cannibalistic aftermath, inspired Moby Dick. By Carolyn Cox | Published Dec 8, 2021. 'Sinking of the Nantucket Whaleship Essex by a Whale on 20 November 1820' by Cyprien Gaulon, c. 1821. Photo Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.

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8. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › nantucket-came-toHow Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World

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   In 1820, an angry sperm whale sank the whaleship Essex, leaving its desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick reveal the chilling facts of this...

9. www.bostonglobe.com › metro › 2019/11/20Remembering the whaleship Essex disaster - The Boston Globe

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   Nov 20, 2019 · Nov. 20, 1820: The Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by a massive sperm whale off the coast of South America — an infamous disaster that inspired Herman Melville’s classic,...

10. www.semanticscholar.org › paper › The-Loss-of-theThe Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale | Semantic Scholar

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    May 1, 2000 · In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The ship sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. By taking drastic measures, eight men survived to reveal their astonishing tale. This authoritative edition brings together the harrowing…