Owen Chase
(1798-1869)
American sailor
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Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) 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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1 December 1798 Nantucket, Massachusetts
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8 March 1869 (aged 70) Nantucket, Massachusetts
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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