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The 2002 historical book [1] [2] recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Revenge of the Whale is based on the author's adult book In the Heart of the Sea .
7 de sept. de 2001 · Revenge of the Whale: Directed by Geoff Stephens. With Liam Neeson, Sean Conant, Philip Bosco, David Harbour. In 1820, a Nantucket whaleship, the Essex, was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean. Out of 20 crew men, only 8 survived.
1 de ene. de 2002 · Nathaniel Philbrick. 3.83. 930 ratings181 reviews. Adapted for young people from the New York Times best-seller In the Heart of the Sea. In 1819, the Essex, a Nantucket whaleship carrying a crew of 20, began what all thought would be a normal, two-year voyage.
30 de mar. de 2004 · Adapted from In the Heart of the Sea, soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Wishaw, and Brendan Gleeson, and directed by Ron Howard. On November 20, 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale.
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex (Boston Globehorn Book Honors) : Philbrick, Nathaniel: Amazon.es: Libros
As any student of whaling history knows, the Nantucket Quakers viewed it as a mission from heaven to indiscriminately slaughter sperm whales, which was an easy enough justification because the whales were living oil reserves of their day, very lucrative.
Film Details. Brief Synopsis. Read More. The true story of the 1820 sinking of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's novel, "Moby Dick." The program details the survival of a handful of men driven to the brink of madness and forced to resort to cannibalism in order to endure three months adrift in the middle of the Pacific.
