OWEN & SUSAN CHASE CDV-1st MATE OF WHALER \'ESSEX\' INSPIRED MOBY DICK SAGA

OWEN & SUSAN CHASE CDV-1st MATE OF WHALER \'ESSEX\' INSPIRED MOBY DICK SAGA

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OWEN & SUSAN CHASE CDV-1st MATE OF WHALER \'ESSEX\' INSPIRED MOBY DICK SAGA:
$149.99

LISTED HERE IS A VINTAGE LATE 1860\'s CDV DEPICTING OWEN CHASE AND HIS WIFE SUSAN.OWEN CHASE WAS THE 1st MATE ON BOARD THE WHALING SHIP \'ESSEX\' IN 1820 WHICH WAS ATTACKED AND SUNK BY A WHALE POSSIBLY PROTECTING IT\'S POD BY SMASHING THE HULL OF THE SHIP.THE SURVIVOR\'S WERE ADRIFT FOR MONTHS AND RESORTED TO CANNIBALISM TO SURVIVE.THE STORY OF THE \'ESSEX\' INSPIRED HERMAN MELVILLE TO WRITE HIS CLASSIC NOVEL \'MOBY DICK\'.

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OWEN & SUSAN CHASE CDV-1st MATE OF WHALER \'ESSEX\' INSPIRED MOBY DICK SAGA:
$149.99

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