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Reproduction of the original.

Reproduction of the original.

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Patsy Carroll Under Southern Skies by Josephine Chase has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable ...

The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts one of the greatest real-life sea adventures of all time. This faithful Warbler Classics edition reproduces First Mate Owen Chase's riveting original 1821 account of the sinking of the Essex by an enormous whale and the fates that befell her twenty-man crew. Those who survived endured months of stormy seas in small boats, insufferable heat, hopelessness, hunger, and thirst. The gruesome, harrowing ...

The book "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, Which Was Attacked and Finally Destroyed by a Large Spermaceti-whale, in the Pacific Ocean, With an Account of the Unparalleled Sufferings of the Captain and Crew During a Space of Ninety-three Days at Sea, in Open Boats in the Years 1819 & 1820.", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is ne...

A nice edition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the sinking of the Essex. Contains 22 illustrations and maps.The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts the story of the American whaler Essex from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Stranded thousands of miles from the coast of S...

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Die Männer vom Walfänger "Essex" trauen ihren Augen nicht und sind derart ungläubig, dass sie die Gefahr erst im letzten Moment begreifen. Mitten in der Waljagd sehen sie sich dem Ansturm eines gewaltigen Tieres ausgesetzt. Statt eilends den Harpunen der Walfangboote davonzuschwimmen, wendet es sich mehrmals bewusst dem Hauptschiff zu und rammt frontal dessen Bug. Ein gewaltiges Leck im Schiffsrumpf ist die Folge. Keine Rettung für das Schiff ...

The incredible sea adventure that inspired "Moby Dick" is recounted by one ofits few survivors. 2 maps. 8-page photo insert.

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In 1820 a sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaling ship Essex. These are the original memoirs of members of the crew and their captain about the incident and the epic three month journey of the survivors to safety that followed.

El 12 de agosto de 1819 zarpaba del puerto de Nantucket el Essex «rumbo al Océano Pacífico a la pesca de la ballena», con una tripulación de veinte hombres. En mitad de una travesía bastante afortunada, el 20 de noviembre de 1820 el barco fue hundido por un cachalote, y, aunque en ese momento toda la tripulación se salvó y pudo rescatar algunos víveres e instrumentos de navegación, su peripecia a lo largo de tres meses «en medio del inmenso Pa...

Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the new film Heart of the Sea. A tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, this book is an extreme account of shipwreck survival. November 20, 1820 2, 000 miles from the coast, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaleship Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of twenty, including first mate Owen Chase, gr...

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On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of thirty had time only to collect some bread and water before pulling away in three frail open boats. Without charts, alone on the open seas, and thousands of miles from any known land, the sailors began their terrifying journey of survival. Ninety days later, after much suffering and death b...

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