Herman Melville’s literary classic Moby Dick was based in part on the story of the whaling ship Essex. Rammed and capsized by a Sperm Whale in the Pacific Ocean, the sailors of the Essex drifted for over ninety days.
Herman Melville’s literary classic Moby Dick was based in part on the story of the whaling ship Essex. Rammed and capsized by a Sperm Whale in the Pacific Ocean, the sailors of the Essex drifted for over ninety days.