Owen Chase
Owen Chase was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.
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Date of Birth
October 7th, 1797
Age
229
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts, Nantucket
Date of Death
March 7th, 1869
Died Aged
71
Star Sign
Libra
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