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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.lindahall.org › george-pollard-jr-owen-chaseGeorge Pollard, Jr., and Owen Chase - Linda Hall Library

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   Nov 20, 2017 · NOVEMBER 20, 2017. George Pollard, Jr., was captain of the whaling ship Essex, and Owen Chase was his first mate. Neither was really a scientist, but both were present at one of the most impressive impact studies of modern times.

3. 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 on...

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   George Pollard Jr. (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.

5. cityoftongues.com › 2011/02/13 › the-unlucky-life-ofThe unlucky life of Captain George Pollard Jnr

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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.

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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.

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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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   Who were George Pollard and Owen Chase?

   • George Pollard, Jr. was the captain of the whaling ship Essex, and Owen Chase was his first mate. Both were present during one of the most impressive impact studies of modern times. George Pollard, Jr. and Owen Chase were not scientists, but the Essex was rammed amidships by a huge sperm whale, estimated to be 85 feet long, on Nov. 20, 1820.

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   What happened to Pollard & Chase?

   • In the Essex incident, Pollard and Chase were in separate whaleboats when the ship was attacked by a whale. After the initial impact, the whale retreated, then returned and struck the ship head-on at the bow, breaking it apart. Pollard and Chase were out at sea with only a skeleton crew on board the Essex at the time.

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   What happened to Pollard's ship?

   • Pollard saw his ship in distress from a distance, then returned to see the Essex in ruin. Dumbfounded, he asked, “My God, Mr. Chase, what is the matter?” “We have been stove by a whale,” his first mate answered. Another boat returned, and the men sat in silence, their captain still pale and speechless.

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   Oct 3, 2016 · After surviving the gruesome loss of the Nantucket whaleship Essex in 1820, George Pollard, the ship’s captain, and Owen Chase, its first mate, returned home in June of 1821. Pollard immediately returned to the sea in command of a another whaleship.