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Illustrations for loss of the ship Essex Illustration, Painting, Map.
- Format:
- Other
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nickerson, Thomas, 1805-1883.
- Pollard, George, Jr., 1791-1870.
- Essex (Whaleship).
- Castaways.
- Shipwrecks.
- Whaling.
- Galapagos Islands.
- Pitcairn Islands--Henderson Island.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, map.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [date of production not identified]
- Summary:
- Pictures related to the wreck of the whaling ship Essex, including paintings and drawings of the ship, the whale attacking and sinking it, and the discovery of skeletons on the island where the survivors landed. There are also diagrams and maps of the route the survivors took following the wreck.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 106/Folder 3
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
- Collection: Thomas Nickerson Collection, 1819-1876
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