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1820: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Posted on Nov 25, 2015 by Marren

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The Sinking Of Essex (a whaling ship) via National Geographic History

On November 20, 1820, the American whaling ship Essex was rammed by a sperm whale and sunk. The incident inspired Herman Melville’s famous novel Moby Dick.

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