Introduction . Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World . American Experience . WGBH. Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World examines the history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Taking place over three centuries, the film binds the story of American capitalism on the rise with a case study in maritime culture. The fate of the whaleship Essex -- which set sail from Nantucket in the summer of 1819 -- is interwoven with the story of a young Herman Melville, whose own imaginative voyage into the deep would give rise to one of the greatest works of American literature, Moby Dick. At the dawn of the 17th century, the first pilgrims watched from the Mayflower as throngs of whales breached the waters off Cape Cod. Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World . American Experience . WGBH. American Experience. My Lai . American Experience . WGBH. Bill Nye the Science Guy. List of Midsomer Murders episodes. The following is a list of episodes for the British drama Midsomer Murders that first aired in 1997.
As of 12 February 2014[update], 100 episodes have aired, in sixteen series and three Christmas specials, "Ghosts of Christmas Past" in 2004, "Days of Misrule" in 2008 and "The Christmas Haunting" in 2013. Series overview[edit] Episodes[edit] Pilot (1997)[edit]