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   What happened to the whaleship Essex?

   • (According to Nathaniel Philbrick, in his book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, although rumors of cannibalism persisted, traders had been visiting the islands without incident.) Thus they left the Essex aboard their 20-foot boats. They were challenged almost from the start.

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   Was the Essex Sunk by a whale?

   • Camden Public Library The Essex, the ship Moby-Dick is based on, was sunk by a vengeful whale. In 1820, a whale rammed into an American whale-hunting ship in the South Pacific. It was the first time in American history that a whaling ship was assaulted by its prey in what seemed like a calculated attack.

   The Whaleship Essex Disaster And The True Story Behind 'Moby Dick'

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   How many whales did the Essex capture in 1820?

   • In January 1820 the Essex rounded Cape Horn, southern Chile, and entered the South Pacific. The hunting continued to prove largely disappointing until the ship reached the waters off Peru, where it took more than 10 whales.

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   Did a sperm whale attack the Essex?

   • At least the crew aboard the Essex were on the main ship when the sperm whale attacked them. Owen Chase, the first mate on the Essex, first saw the whale. At 85 feet long, it was abnormally large even for a male sperm whale — which made it that much more frightening when it pointed itself directly at the ship.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Essex_(whaleship)Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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   Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.

3. www.britannica.com › topic › Essex-whaling-shipEssex | History, Whale Attack, Survivors, & Rescue | Britannica

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   Essex, American whaling ship that was rammed by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820, and later sank. Although all 20 crewmen initially survived, only 8 were rescued following an arduous journey that devolved into cannibalism. The sinking inspired the climactic scene in Herman Melville ’s Moby Dick (1851).

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   Learn how a sperm whale sank the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, leaving the survivors to face cannibalism and death. Discover how this incident inspired Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick.

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   Nov 2, 2020 · Learn how a sperm whale rammed and sank the Essex in 1820, leaving the crew to survive on rowboats for 90 days. Discover how this ordeal inspired Herman Melville to write his classic novel, Moby Dick.

7. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-true-lifeThe True-Life Horror That Inspired 'Moby-Dick' | Smithsonian

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   Learn how a real whale sinking in 1820 inspired Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick. Discover the horrific ordeal of the Essex crew, who survived 92 days at sea in a leaking boat, faced cannibalism and witnessed the extinction of a species.

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     The Whaleship Essex "Stove By A Whale" Exhibition Preview at the Nantucket Whaling Museum

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     Essex Gam: The Tragedy of a Whaleship Stove by a Whale, Nantucket Whaling Museum

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9. nha.org › research › nantucket-historyThe Earliest Picture of the Essex Disaster - Nantucket ...

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   Learn how a French lithographer created the first image of the sinking of the Nantucket whaleship Essex by a whale in 1821, based on a report in a French magazine. See the differences between the original and the fictionalized versions of the disaster.

10. essex.nha.org › the-whaleship-essexThe Whaleship Essex - Stove by a Whale

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    The Whaleship Essex - Stove by a Whale. Essex model, by Mark Sutherland, 2011.29.1. No one knows exactly what the Essex looked like. This model is based on close study of period ship portraits and details preserved in the ship’s government registration documents.