Owen ChaseOwen Chase was first mate of the whale ship Essex, which was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, pulished in 1821, inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Read More Read Less
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