Revenge of the Whale
By Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher
Putnam’s
Imprint
Putnam’s
ISBN
By Nathaniel Philbrick
039923795X
Revenge of the Whale
Out of stock
SKU
9780399237959J
On November 20, 1820, the whaleship Essex was 1500 miles west of the Galapagos[acute accent over second a] when a sperm whale rammed the ship and caused it to sink, stranding the twenty-man crew in three whaleboats. Fear of cannibals led the captain to turn away from the nearby Marquesas and unfamiliar Society Islands, and embark on an open-sea voyage south toward Chile. Based on the accounts of two survivors. Black-and-white photo insert. Maps. Diagrams. Bibliography. Index.
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