The Earliest Picture of the Essex Disaster - Nantucket Historical

This Real-Life Whaling Disaster Inspired 'Moby-Dick

The Essex and Its Legacy - Nantucket Historical Association

On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her

The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the Essex when an 80-ton whale attacked and sank the whaleship today in 1820 inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Now WE know em

Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex - Illustrated - NARRATIVE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINAR: Original News Stories of Whale Attacks & Cannabilism: Chase, Owen, Nickerson, Thomas, Rossignol, Ken, Editors, Huggins Point, Mackey

George Pollard, Jr., and Owen Chase - Linda Hall Library

The Essex Disaster (April/May 1983, Volume 34, Issue 3) n:54703

This Disastrous Shipwreck Forced Survivors into Cannibalism and Inspired the Tale of Moby Dick

A Real-Life Moby Dick? The Wreck of the Essex - Historic Mysteries

The History of Whaling in America, American Experience, Official Site

200th Anniversary of the Essex Sinking - Issuu

Timeless Lessons From a Tragic Tale, by Mason O'Donnell, Oct, 2023