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Hunting the Essex: A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe, 1813-1814

Hunting the Essex: A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe, 1813-1814

Gardiner, Estate Of Allen
Reiske, John S.

Hardcover

19th Century United States HistoryNaval History

Publisher Price: $33.95

ISBN10: 1848321740
ISBN13: 9781848321748
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Aug 15 2013
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.80 Width: 4.60 Depth: 7.10
Language: English
This previously unpublished journal provides an eyewitness account of the epic chase of the USS Essex that was the inspiration for the film Master & Commander. In 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission to counter the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the south Pacific. After an epic voyage and a nerve-wracking rounding of Cape Horn, Phoebe tracked her prey to neutral Valparaiso where the American frigate was blockaded. A cat-and-mouse game that lasted months ended with an attempted break-out and a bloody battle in which Essex was captured.

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