Chase, Owen.

Wreck of the whale ship essex: the complete illustrated edition : the extraordinary and distressing memoir that inspired herman melville's moby-dick / Owen Chase ; foreword by Gilbert King. - Minneapolis : Zenith Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

"An illustrated edition of the firsthand account of the whaler Essex's attack and sinking by a sperm whale, the inspiration for Moby-Dick. Includes a new introduction and supplementary extracts from a variety of sources"--



9781627886185

GBC122655 bnb

020063884 Uk


Essex (Whaleship)


Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival--Pacific Ocean.


Electronic Books.

G530 / .W743 2015