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Essex (whaleship) — The whaleship Essex left Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1819 on a two and a half year voyage in the whaling grounds of the South Pacific to hunt sperm whales. She was convert|87|ft|m long, and measured 238 tons. She was captained by the 28 year old… … Wikipedia
Niantic (whaling vessel) — Career (United States) Name: Niantic Builder … Wikipedia
Stone Fleet — The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships (mostly whaleships) purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed south during the American Civil War by the Union Navy for use as Blockships. They were to… … Wikipedia
George Pollard Jr. — George Pollard, Jr. (1791 ndash; 1882) was the captain of the whaleship Essex .He was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of a ship’s captain, at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained … Wikipedia
Nantucket shipbuilding — Nantucket Forests with tall trees had disappeared from the island millennia before colonial settlement. There were no large trees on Nantucket to provide long dimension timbers for ship building or building construction and importing Live oak… … Wikipedia
Sperm whale — Sperm Whale[1] Size compared to an average human … Wikipedia
Крушение «Эссекса» — Китовая атака на «Эссекс». Рисунок Томаса Никерсона Крушение «Эссекса» инцидент, произошедший с американским китобойным судном «Эссекс», капитаном которого был Джордж Поллард (младший). В 1820 году в южной части Тихого океана судно было… … Википедия
Cannibalism — For non human cannibalism, see Cannibalism (zoology). For other uses, see Cannibal (disambiguation). Cannibalism, Brazil. Engraving by Theodor de Bry for Hans Staden s account of his 1557 captivity … Wikipedia
Charles W. Morgan (ship) — Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport, CT Career (United States) … Wikipedia
Gardner (whaling family) — The Gardner family were a group of whalers operating out of Nantucket, Massachusetts from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Some members of the family gained wider exposure due to their discovery of various islands in the Pacific Ocean … Wikipedia
