In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Philbrick, 2000)
1819 · Resource
Nathaniel Philbrick on the 1820 sinking of the Essex — the inspiration for Moby-Dick.
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Around 1819
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- Otto von Bismarck (1815)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Battle of Waterloo (1815)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812)
- Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Karl Marx (1818)
- First passenger railway opens (1825)