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Herman Melville (1819-1891) In 1819, born in New York City, the son of a wealthy merchant. In 1832, left school and began to work after his father’s business failure and death, but he read widely. During this period, he took various occupations. In 1839, he signed on a British merchant ship, the ST. Lawrence and bound to Liverpool and back. In 1841, signed on a whaler Acushnet as a sailor. In 1842, after the whaler made a trip around Cape Horn and after 19 months of hardships Melville jumped off ship at Nukuhiva in the Marquesas Islands in1842. There, Melville for a