Owen Coffin
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Owen Coffin
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Owen Coffin was a sailor aboard the Nantucket whaler Essex when it set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a sperm whale-hunting expedition in August 1819, under the command of his cousin, George Pollard, Jr. In November 1820, a whale rammed and breached the hull of Essex in mid-Pacific, causing Essex to sink. The crew escaped in small whaleboats, with sufficient supplies for two months, but were not rescued within that time. During January 1821, the near-starved survivors began to eat the bodies of t
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Shipwrecked whaler killed and eaten by his shipmates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Coffin
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2024-03-06T18:28:24Z
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