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Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex ...
November 20, 1820, was a bright morning in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, 1,500 nautical miles west of the Galápagos Islands ...
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Nov 20, 1820, the whaling ship Essex sets scene for Moby Dick
The true life events that inspired Melville’s Moby Dick is a tale of horror greater than any novel could describe.  In the 1800s, an entire industry was ...