Hunting the Essex
"A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe, 1813-1814"
This previously unpublished journal provides an eyewitness account of the epic chase of the USS Essex that was the inspiration for the film Master & Commander. In 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission to counter the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the ...
Available Formats: Hardcover