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Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, [Title page]

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Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, [Title page]
Names
Chase, Owen (Author)
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Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1821
Place: New-York
Publisher: Published by W.B. Gilley, J. Seymour printer
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KF 1821 (Chase, O. Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck)
Topics
Essex (Whale-ship)
Shipwrecks -- 1819
Genres
Title pages
Notes
Content: Supplied the original idea for Melville's Moby Dick
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14125135
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0c163250-c604-012f-dadc-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1821: Issued
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1821. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b890b86-d9cf-d991-e040-e00a18061b15

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b890b86-d9cf-d991-e040-e00a18061b15

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1821). Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b890b86-d9cf-d991-e040-e00a18061b15

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Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket