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In the Heart of the Sea: the horrific true story behind Moby-Dick – Featured Blog

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Today’s posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger:

In the Heart of the Sea: the horrific true story behind Moby-Dick by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: © Warner Brothers A man winds his way through the muck and mire of a 19th-century American port – Nantucket, centre of the world’s whaling industry. He knocks on a door, enters, and begs an exhausted looking man to tell him his story in exchange for his life savings. He’s heard rumours, he says, rumours […]

Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Image from page 191 of “[Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph C. Little on voyage from 18 May 1851-26 May 1853]” (1851) – more Humpback Whale goodness curated by www.SardineRunPE.co.za Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: logbookofflorida00flor Title: [Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph […]

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