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Publicado por Flamingo / HarperCollins. London. ., 2000
ISBN 10: 0002572125ISBN 13: 9780002572125
Librería: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
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Trade paperback edition. XVIII, 302 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans, 1 tail piece and 14 head pieces, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Remainder mark at bottom edge and a small crease on front cover, otherwise o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.3. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged whale, far out in the Pacific, November 1820.
Publicado por Flamingo, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0002572125ISBN 13: 9780002572125
Librería: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
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Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 302 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post. The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, which was the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates.Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons' worth, with two survivors - almost skeletons themselves - sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates.The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; Survival; United States; 19th century; ISBN: 0002572125. ISBN/EAN: 9780002572125. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9855.