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The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex

The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex

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The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex: Moby-Dick's Real Nightmare


November 20, 1820. Pacific Ocean. Nantucket whaleship Essex hunts sperm whales 3,000 miles from land.

A massive whale rams the hull twice—staving in the bow like matchsticks.


20 crew flee in three whaleboats. No land for 2,000 miles. Supplies for days.

89 days adrift. Thirst cracks lips. Starvation kills. Cannibalism inevitable.

Owen Chase's boat draws lots—eats the loser. Captain Pollard's crew consumes his cousin.


8 survive. Rescue inspires Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

HistMuse reveals the whale attack that birthed literature's greatest monster.

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