Whaler Mugs
Description: A white outline sketch of a large motorboat is featured against a black background. The boat has multiple decks, windows, and railings. Prominently displayed on the side of the hull in bold red letters is the text "BOSTON WHALER". A thin red line runs horizontally below the text and hull.
Description: A white boat with a red stripe along its hull is depicted. The words "BOSTON" are displayed prominently on the cabin in red lettering with a black outline. Below "BOSTON", the word "WHALER" is also in red with a black outline. A black silhouette of a fish is visible above the cabin, and a black background surrounds the entire scene.
Description: Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Thousands of miles from the coast of South America with little food and water, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in the ship's surviving whaleboats. The men suffered severe dehydration, starvation, and exposure on the open ocean, and the survivors eventually resorted to eating the bodies of the crewmen who had died. When that proved insufficient, members of the crew drew lots to determine whom they would sacrifice so that the others could live.
