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Professional & Technical
The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was... See More
Professional & Technical
In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who go down to the sea in ships, the modern reader is given a seat in the whale boat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow crew and their Captain make way in three boats after the... See More
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Aux sources du mythe, les témoignages vécus des hommes qui ont rencontré le véritable Moby Dick, et en sont revenus vivants. Moby Dick, de Herman Melville, est plus qu'un chef-d'oeuvre, c'est un mythe. Depuis sa... See More
Biography & True Accounts
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... See More
Professional & Technical
Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the new feature film Heart of the Sea. A tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, Beneath the... See More
Professional & Technical
In 1819, the American whaler Essex was sailing deep into the great equatorial hunting grounds of the Pacific when it was destroyed by a maddened sperm whale. By all reports, the 85-foot whale deliberately rammed the ship... See More
Biography & True Accounts
On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the... See More
History
This is the true story which inspired the major motion picture, In the Heart of the Sea, and Melville's classic Moby Dick. 1820, at the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Sensational in its time, the epic tale still has... See More
Biography & True Accounts
A nice edition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the sinking of the Essex. Contains 22 illustrations and maps. The Illustrated Wreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts the story of the American whaler Essex from Nantucket... See More
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... See More