...nautical miles (4600 km) away to the south and west. That's where the Essex was when she was sunk by the whale .
1 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 14/09/2011
... to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Essex _(whaleship) This is an informative site ..., http://www.salariya.com/web_books/ whaling /intro/intro.html Enjoy and Good ...
1 Answers · Cars & Transportation · 14/12/2008
Read the account of the Essex , a whaling ship from Nantucket. A sperm whale actually sank the ship . ...
5 Answers · Science & Mathematics · 22/10/2008
...hey I'm not an expert, As far as a lone male attacking a ship unprovoked, it is possible though unlikely. As male sperm whales grow older they also grow more solitary. With there age sperm whales ...
2 Answers · Science & Mathematics · 15/02/2012
... Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale - Ship Essex . Already out-of-print, the book was rare even at the time. Knowing...
2 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 17/01/2009
Of course. Consider the whaling ship Essex , which was the basis for the novel Moby Dick. Three whaling ...
6 Answers · Entertainment & Music · 25/07/2019
... the ramming and later sinking of the Nantucket whaling ship Essex on November 20,1820. While actively hunting whales ...
4 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 15/09/2010
...the sinking of the Nantucket whaling ship Essex , which foundered in 1820 after it ...from any thing that wears the shape of a whale . Mocha Dick had over...
5 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 18/09/2008
...the youngest men ever to command a whaling ship . Owen Chase was 23, and...who was only 15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Essex _(whaleship) I hope I've ...
1 Answers · Education & Reference · 21/09/2011
Moby Dick The Story of Yankee Whaling The Wreck of the " Essex "
2 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 10/08/2015
