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The Whaleship "Essex"

Source Documents

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Thomas Nickerson's Drawing of the Whale Charging the EssexThomas Nickerson's Drawing of the Whale Charging the Essex
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Thomas Nickerson's drawing of the Essex on it's side after it was attacked by a whaleThomas Nickerson's drawing of the Essex on it's side after it was attacked by a whale
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Thomas NickersonThomas Nickerson
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Source URLs

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Events
Description
1820: Sperm Whale rams, sinks, Nantucket Whaling Ship

Other Sources

Source
Events
Nathaniel Philbrick's "In the Heart of the Sea" and "The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale" published by Penguin Classics
Nathaniel Philbrick's "In the Heart of the Sea" and "The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale" published by Penguin Classics
Nathaniel Philbrick's "In the Heart of the Sea"
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