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| DescriptionThomas Nickerson.jpg |
English: Photographic portrait of Thomas Nickerson. Served as the cabin boy on the ship Essex, sunk by a whale, November 20, 1820, west of the Galapagos Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. Wrote account of sinking.
Deutsch: Photo von Thomas Nickerson (1805-1883), der Schiffsjunge auf dem Walfangschiff Essex war, das 1820 durch den Angriff eines Pottwals im Pazifik versenkt wurde. Nickerson brachte das Ereignis 1876 zu Papier, es wurde 1984 unter dem Titel The Loss of the Ship »Essex« Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats. The Nantucket (Massachusetts) Historical Society, Penguin Books, New York 1984. |
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1870s date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 |
| Source | Nantucket Historical Association GPN4361 |
| Author | Unknown authorUnknown author |
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