NARRATIVE
OF THE
MOST EXTRAORDINARY AND DISTRESSING
SHIPWRECK
OF THE
WHALE SHIP ESSEX,
OF
NANTUCKET;
WHICH WAS ATTACKED AND FINALLY DESTROYED BY A LARGE
SPERMACETI-WHALE,
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN;
WITH
AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
UNPARALLELED SUFFERINGS
OF THE CAPTAIN AND CREW
DURING A SPACE OF NINETY-THREE DAYS AT SEA, IN OPEN BOATS.
IN THE YEARS 1819 & 1820.
BY
OWEN CHASE,
OF NANTUCKET, FIRST MATE OF SAID VESSEL.
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY W. B. GILLEY, 92 BROADWAY
J. Seymour, Printer.
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1821.
