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Owen Chase (Nantucket, Massachusetts, 7 de octubre de 1797 - 7 de marzo de 1869) fue el primer oficial del ballenero Essex, conocido históricamente por haber sido embestido y hundido por un cachalote el 20 de noviembre de 1820. [1]
- 7 de marzo de 1869 (71 años), Nantucket (Estados Unidos)
- Estadounidense
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.
- March 8, 1869 (aged 71), Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Whaling Captain
Owen Chase, the 23-year-old first mate, had stayed aboard the Essex to make repairs while Pollard went whaling. It was Chase who spotted a very big whale—85 feet in length, he estimated—lying...
12 de sept. de 2023 · Owen Chase, later in life, via Nantucket Historical Society The ships sailed together and traveled about 1,000 miles, subsisting on about a half pint of water and 500 calories a day per man. On December 20th, they made landfall on an uninhabited island, which they believed to be Ducie Island.
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Owen Chase fue el primer oficial del ballenero Essex, conocido históricamente por haber sido embestido y hundido por un cachalote el 20 de noviembre de 1820. Chase escribió sobre aquel incidente en Narrativa del naufragio más extraordinario y angustioso del barco ballenero Essex.
2 de nov. de 2020 · Owen Chase, the first mate on the Essex, first saw the whale. At 85 feet long, it was abnormally large even for a male sperm whale — which made it that much more frightening when it pointed itself directly at the ship. The whale was reportedly covered in scars and had been floating not far from the ship for some time, watching.
