Although this 2015 epic failed to land with audiences -- despite a cast that included Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy -- ...

A whale attacks a boat in Frank Goodrich's 1858 novel "Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time". Public domain ...

Nov. 20, 1820: The Nantucket whaleship Essex was sunk by a massive sperm whale off the coast of South America — an infamous disaster that would inspire Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby-Dick.” ...

AMESBURY — Sailors and maritime historians the world over know the story of the whaleship Essex, which sailed from Nantucket in 1819 only to be sunk by a whale, her crew set adrift and reduced to ...

For older readers, Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick describes a tale worthy of Ahab: on November 20, 1820, an angry sperm whale took vengeance on the ...

Chase, Owen Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex of Nantucket which was attacked & finally destroyed by a large spermaceti-whale in the Pacific ocean .

The Marine Exchange of Alaska (MXAK) is a relatively unassuming building by Aurora Harbor. But its footstep well outweighs its modest size. “We’re taking the search out of search and rescue and ...

One of the world’s leading experts on shipbuilding history will be visiting Amesbury this week to discuss the city’s nautical roots and how one of the ships originally built here went on to become ...

First ed. published in 1821 under title: Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket.