"Story of the Nantucket whaler's destruction on November 20, 1820 by an enraged sperm whale and a record of privation and suffering by crew on the open Pacific."
"Presents the story of Owen Chase, one of only eight men to survive after the Nantucket whaler, Essex, on which he was first mate, was rammed by an enraged sperm whale on November 20, 1820, and sank, setting the crew of twenty adrift for months without charts, thousands of miles from land."
"The author, first mate on the Essex, tells "the riveting life-and-death saga of man against the deep that inspired the writing of Moby Dick."--Cover."@en

"The wreck of the whaleship 'Essex' : a narrative account"@en
"The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex a narrative account"
"Der Untergang der Essex : Moby Dick - die wahre Geschichte"
"Der Untergang der Essex"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a first-hand account of one of history's most extraordinary maritime disasters"@en
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a narrative account"@en
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a narrative account"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a first-hand account of one of history's most extraordinary maritime disasters"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex"@en
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a first-hand account of one of history's most extraordinary maritime disasters by Owen Chase, First Mate"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex a narrative account"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex; a narrative account"@en
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex a narrative account"@en
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex; a narrative account"
"The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a first-hand account of one of history's most extraordinary maritime disasters by Owen Chase, first mate"@en
"The wreck of the Whaleship Essex"