Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket: Which Was Attacked and Finally Destroyed by a Large Spermaceti-whale, in the Pacific Ocean: With an Account of the Unparalleled Sufferings of the Captain and Crew During a Space of Ninety-three Days at Sea, in Open Boats in the Years 1819 & 1820.
