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The novel was inspired by both his experience as a whaler and the Essex tragedy.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers, which has dwindled their population, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers, which has dwindled their population, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Of the 20 or 21 whalers who left Nantucket on the Essex, only eight survived.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Whaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaler. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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whaler
noun
whal·er
ˈhwā-lər 
ˈwā-
: a person or ship that hunts for whales
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