In the heart of the sea the tragedy of the whaleship Essex

"In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away....

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Main Author:	Philbrick, Nathaniel
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin, 2001.
Subjects:	Essex (Whaleship) Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean.
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