This is the Essex. A small Nantucket whaler. In Nov 1820, it was destroyed by a bull sperm whale 2000 miles off the coast of Ecuador. The men sailed back to shore in small boats and resorted to cannibalism to survive. Melville was inspired by it to write Moby Dick.
This is the Essex. A small Nantucket whaler. In Nov 1820, it was destroyed by a bull sperm whale 2000 miles off the coast of Ecuador. The men sailed back to shore in small boats and resorted to cannibalism to survive. Melville was inspired by it to write Moby Dick.