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Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was first mate of the whaler Essex, which sank in the Pacific Ocean on November 20, 1820, after being rammed by a sperm whale. Soon after his return to Nantucket, Chase wrote an account of the shipwreck and the attempts of the crew to reach land in small boats.
Owen Chase è stato un navigatore e scrittore statunitense, primo ufficiale della baleniera Essex ed autore del testo Narrazione del naufragio della Baleniera Essex di Nantucket che fu affondata da un grosso Capodoglio al largo nell'Oceano Pacifico.
Learn how the whaler Essex was sunk by a whale in 1820, and how the first mate Owen Chase survived and told his tale to Herman Melville. Find out how Melville used Chase's account to create Captain Ahab and his crew in Moby-Dick.
As first mate of Essex, 21-year-old Owen Chase left Nantucket on August 12, 1819 on a two-and-a-half-year whaling voyage. On the morning of November 20, 1820, a sperm whale (alleged to be around 85 feet, 26 m), twice rammed Essex, sinking her 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of South America.
Nel 1820 il giovane ed esperto baleniere Owen Chase, nonostante le promesse fattegli dalla compagnia degli armatori di Nantucket di vedersi assegnare il comando di una nave tutta sua, viene costretto a imbarcarsi sulla baleniera Essex come primo ufficiale, mentre per il comando gli è stato preferito l'inesperto e arrogante George ...
2 nov 2020 · Owen Chase was the first mate on the whaleship Essex, which was sunk by a vengeful sperm whale in 1820. His account of the attack and the crew's ordeal inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick.
12 set 2023 · Owen Chase was the first mate of the whaleship Essex, which was attacked by a sperm whale in 1820. His account of the tragedy inspired Moby Dick, a classic novel by Herman Melville.
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