# Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex

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- Book: [Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex](https://www.bookquiver.com/owen-chase/shipwreck-of-the-whaleship-essex) ([Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/owen-chase/shipwreck-of-the-whaleship-essex.md))
- Authors: [Owen Chase](https://www.bookquiver.com/owen-chase)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-126-0
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2015-12-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

DON'T MISS THE MAJOR FILM INSPIRED BY CHASE'S NARRATIVE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex , spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales. As the crew started harpooning, the largest whale – some 85 feet long – rammed the Essex twice and 'stove in her bows'. What followed was an epic three-month voyage in open boats across storm-tossed seas. Only eight men survived, sustained by eating those who died. This edition includes Owen Chases’s famous account, as well as memoirs by two other crew members and a facsimile of Herman Melville's notes on Chase’s narrative.