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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George_Pollard_JrGeorge Pollard Jr. - Wikipedia

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   George Pollard Jr. (c. 1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank Essex , served as inspiration for Captain Ahab , the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick .

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-true-lifeThe True-Life Horror That Inspired 'Moby-Dick' | Smithsonian

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   Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked...

3. cityoftongues.com › 2011/02/13 › the-unlucky-life-ofThe unlucky life of Captain George Pollard Jnr | city of tongues

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   Feb 13, 2011 · These days Pollard is mostly remembered as the prototype for Ahab and for his part in the murder and consumption of his cousin Owen Coffin while he and his companions drifted hopelessly in a whaleboat, but in details like the image of him moving through the darkened streets of Nantucket, it’s possible to glimpse a rather different man.

4. www.geni.com › people › Capt-George-PollardGeorge Pollard, Jr. (1791 - 1870) - Genealogy - Geni.com

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   May 23, 2018 · George Pollard, Jr. (1791–1870) was the captain of the whaleships Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank the Essex, served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

   • Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts

   • Birthdate: July 18, 1791

5. www.atlasobscura.com › places › captain-georgeCaptain George Pollard House - Atlas Obscura

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   Aug 28, 2020 · Discover Captain George Pollard House in Nantucket, Massachusetts: The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

6. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 570645George Pollard Jr., Unlucky Captain of the Ship That Inspired ...

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   George Pollard Jr., Unlucky Captain of the Ship That Inspired Moby-Dick. Captain George Pollard Jr. had no choice but to eat his cousin. Crammed aboard a small whaleboat with some of his...

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   Who was George Pollard?

   • George Pollard Jr. (c. 1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank Essex, served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick.

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   Did George Pollard eat his cousin?

   • Captain George Pollard Jr. had no choice but to eat his cousin. Crammed aboard a small whaleboat with some of his crew, the captain had been drifting aimlessly in the South Pacific for more than two months. The sun was relentless, their thirst was unquenchable, and the hull was leaking.

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   What happened to John Pollard?

   • Also doomed, the ship ran into rocks near the Hawaiian Islands and sank, thus ending Pollard’s disastrous maritime career. He became Nantucket’s night watchman upon his final return to the island. Pollard died in 1870, having spent the rest of his life in the Centre Street house.

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   What happened to Pollard in Nantucket?

   • He became Nantucket’s night watchman upon his final return to the island. Pollard died in 1870, having spent the rest of his life in the Centre Street house. The Essex’s surviving First Mate, Owen Chase, wrote an account of the disaster entitled, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.

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   Feb 18, 2022 · The Pollard family contained the NFL's first Black head coach, the first Black licensend nurse in Illinois, a producer of silent films, the first Black woman graduate of Northwestern University, a Civil War veteran, and the winner of an Olympic medal.