Herman Melville
(1819-1891)

Herman Melville 1819-1891 Author of Moby Dick lived here in 1849

25 Craven Street, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1849)

Herman Melville the American author resided from 1863 - 1891 at this site 104 East 26th Street where he wrote Billy Budd among other works

104 East 26th Street, NY 10010, New York, NY, United States where they lived (1863-1891) and wrote Billy Budd

Kentucky Historical Marker #1681

Louisville's Steamboat Era. River navigation in 18th century was by flatboat and keelboat. First steamboat, NEW ORLEANS, arrived in Louisville in autumn of 1811. City soon became steamboat center with six lines operating here. Hundreds of these boats were built in area. Wharf teemed with traffic through Civil War. Eight U.S. presidents arrived on this wharf or "levee." (Reverse) Visitors at Louisville Wharf James Monroe - June 1819 Andrew Jackson - June 1819 Alexis de Tocqueville - Dec. 1831 Washington Irving - Sept. 1832 Abraham Lincoln - Sept. 1841 Charles Dickens - Apr. 1842 Walt Whitman - Feb. 1848 Ralph Waldo Emerson - June 1850 Oliver W. Holmes - Sept. 1855 Herman Melville - Jan.1858

At the Wharf, 4th St., Louisville, KY, United States where they visited (1855)

Herman Melville author of "Moby Dick" family home 1838-1847 did his earliest writing and completed first two books here, "Typee" and "Omoo"

535, 1st Avenue, Lansingburgh, NY, United States where they lived (1838-1847)

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coats" Herman Melville, in Mazatlan march 28 - April 16, 1844

Mazatlán, Melville Hotel, 99 Constitución, Mexico where they stayed (1844)