August 1, 1819 - New York City - Herman Gansevoort Melvill is born
August 19, 1819 - New York City - Melville is baptized at home by a minister of the South Reformed Dutch Church
September 10, 1819 - Albany - Maria Melvill takes his 4 children to Albany, including 6-months Herman
November 17, 1819 - New York City - Maria returns with her 4 children to New York
June 27, 1820 - Albany - Maria Melvill takes his 4 children to Albany
September 24, 1820 - New York City - Maria returns with her 4 children to New York
August 8, 1822 - New York City - The family departs to Boston
October 1, 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts - The family leaves Boston together
October 4, 1822 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Stop at the Melvill farm outside Pittsfield
January(?) 1(?), 1826 - New York City - Starts attending New York Male High School. Contracts scarlet fever
August 9, 1826 - Albany - Herman is sent to Albany to the care of Peter Gansevoort
January(?) 1(?), 1828 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - The Melville family moves to Broadway
January(?) 1(?), 1829 - New York City - Herman is transfered to Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
September 28, 1829 - New York City - Herman enrolls in the English Department of Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
October 9, 1830 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - 11-year old Melville helps his father pack papers and personal belongings so that they could leave Manhattan
October 10, 1830 - Broadway, Lower Manhattan - Departs through the Hudson River on the "Swiftsure"
October 11, 1830 - Albany - After a trip up the River Hudson, Melville and his father reach Albany
October 15, 1830 - Albany - Starts attending the Albany Academy, while his father goes into the fur business
October 1(?), 1831 - Albany - Melville leaves the Albany Academy
January 28, 1832 - New York City - Melville witnesses his father's death
April 1(?), 1832 - New York City - Melville's uncle Peter Gansevoort, one of the directors of the NY state Bank, gets him a job as clerk for $150 a year
May 1(?), 1834 - Albany - The Melvilles move to another house in Albany
May 15(?), 1834 - Albany - Melville leaves the Bank to help his cousin Gansevoort, after his cap and fur store was destroyed by a fire
January 1(?), 1835 - Albany - Melville becomes a member of Albany's Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement
March 1(?), 1835 - Albany - While still working in the store, Melville enrolls in Albany Classical School
September 1(?), 1835 - Albany - Back at the Albany Academy, in the Latin Course
March 1(?), 1837 - Albany - Melville is again withdrawn from Albany Academy
April 1(?), 1837 - Gansevoort is forced to file for bankruptcy because of the Nationwide economic panic
June 5, 1837 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Melville starts taking care of his uncle's farm, while Gansevoort becomes a law student in New York
August(?) 1(?), 1837 - Lenox, Massachusetts - Gets a job as schoolteacher at Sikes District School
February 1(?), 1838 - Stanwix Hall, Albany - Melville is elected president of the Philo Logos Society
April 21, 1838 - Albany - Melville publishes two polemical letters in the "Albany Microscope" =(START)
November 1(?), 1838 - Lenox - Melville's term at Sikes end
November 7, 1838 - Lansingburgh, Troy - Melville moves to Landingburgh (now Troy), where his family had moved in May
November 12, 1838 - Lansingburgh - Melville pays for a term at Lansingburgh Academy - Surveying and Engineering course
May 4, 1839 - Lansingburgh - "Fragments from a writing desk" article is published in the "Democratic Press and Lansingburgh Advertiser", a weekly newspaper
June 2, 1839 - Manhattan, New York - Melville arrives in Manhattan by boat, from Albany
June 5, 1839 - Manhattan - Melville signs aboard the merchant ship "St.Lawrence" as a "boy" for a cruise to Liverpool
July 2, 1839 - Liverpool, England - Melville arrives in Liverpool, at that time, the biggest port in the World
July 9, 1839 - Liverpool - Letter to Maria Gansevoort Melvill
August 14, 1839 - Liverpool - Melville boards the "St.Lawrence" back to New York
September 30, 1839 - Manhattan, New York - Melville arrives in New York, after 5 weeks in Liverpool
November(?) 1(?), 1839 - Greenbush, New York - Resumes teaching
July(?) 1(?), 1840 - Galena, Illinois - Melville and Gansevoort seek help of their uncle Thomas to find work
October(?) 1(?), 1840 - Lansingburgh - Melville returns home, after a trip through the Mississipi and St.Louis
December 25, 1840 - New Bedford - Melville signs aboard the whaler "Acushnet" as a "Boy", for 1/175th of the voyage's profit
December 27, 1840 - New Bedford - Hears the Reverend Enoch Mudge during a Church service at the seaman's Bethel
January 3, 1841 - Fairhaven, Massachusetts - Melville departs for the Pacific Ocean on the whaler "Acushnet"
February(?) 1(?), 1841 - Off Bahama Banks - The "Acushnet" finds whales, and stores 175 oil barrels
March 13, 1841 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The "Acushnet" reaches Rio de Janeiro. 175 oil barrels are sent home aboard another ship
April 15, 1841 - Cape Horn - The "Acushnet" crosses Cape Horn and enters the Pacific Ocean
April 28, 1841 - Patagonian Coast - The "Acushnet" crosses path with the "Samuel Enderby"
May 1, 1841 - Sailing north, close to the 79th meridian of W longitude, towards the island of Mas Afuera
May 6, 1841 - Off Island of Mas Afuera, Chile - The men on the "Acushnet" sight the peak of Los Innocentes (Island of Mas Afuera) on the horizon
June 23, 1841 - Santa, Peru - The "Acushnet" anchors at Santa Harbor
June 30, 1841 - Santa, Peru - David Smith, boatsteerer, deserts at Santa, Peru
July 23, 1841 - W-NW Galapagos (longitude of Acapulco) - The "Acushnet" encounters the "Lima", a Nantucket whaler with the son of Owen Chase aboard. Melville reads his copy of his father's narrative of the fate of the "Essex" in 1820, not far from where it sank 21 years before
July 25, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" (Central East Pacific) - Sperm whale sighted
August 1, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - 22nd birthday during a squall
August 9, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The "Acushnet" hails the "Midas" of New Bedford, in a rainy and squally Monday
August 10, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - Whales spout near the ship for 3 days - up to 250 oil barrels are taken
August 13, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The ship is steered to the east. Days of "rugged weather"
August 27, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The ship moves to the Northeast in squally rugged weather
August 30, 1841 - 3rd parallel of South Latitude - After crossing the parallel in nasty weather, masthead standers spot sperm whales
September 4, 1841 - 3 miles N of the Equator Line - Northernmost point reached by the "Acushnet"
September 25, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - The "Acushnet" spots Isaac Daggett's "William Wirt" (which would return to Fairhaven on June 4, 1842 with a cargo of 2,760 barrels of sperm oil
October 1, 1841 - "Off-Shore Grounds" - Last time sperm whales are spotted. Another 120 oil barrels are taken in squally weather
October 8, 1841 - Encounter with Captain Gifford's "William Lee", with 400 oil barrels aboard
October 9, 1841 - Encounter with Captain Pease's "Margaret", with 300 oil barrels aboard
October 13, 1841 - Encounter with Charles D. Harding's "Joseph Maxwell", with 700 oil barrels aboard
October 15, 1841 - Encounter with Charles Stetson's "Alexander" - Ominous words of native treachery in the Marquesas Islands
October 23, 1841 - Line of the Equator - The "Acushnet" hails the barque "United States", with 300 oil barrels aboard
October 31, 1841 - NW of Albermale, Galapagos Islands - North head of Albermale sighted
November 1, 1841 - Off Rock Redonda, Galapagos Islands - The "Acushnet" falls in with Josiah Hamblen's "Phenix", with 550 barrels of sperm oil
November 2, 1841 - West coast of Narborough island - Encounter with Silas Jones' "Hobomok", with 850 barrels aboard, Seth Pinkham's "Henry Astor", with 1000 barrels aboard, and William H. Gardner's "Richard Mitchell", with 1000 barrels aboard. Melville hears from Silas Jones the story of the "Coral", whose boats were chewed in 1835 by a great bull whale, with a crewman killed
November 19, 1841 - Chatham's Isle - The "Acushnet" anchors at Chatham's Isle
November 25, 1841 - Chatham's Isle - The ship gets under way
November 30, 1841 - "on the way to Peru" - In good weather, sperm whales are spotted, and another 70 barrels are filled before heading to Peru
December 1, 1841 - "on the way to Peru" - Captain Pease writes home, informing that he had 570 oil barrels aboard, and had trans-shipped additional 150 barrels
December 2, 1841 - Tumbez, Peru - The "Acushnet' arrives in Tumbez and finds Charles G Smith's "Roman" in port
December 15, 1841 - Tumbez, Peru - The "Acushnet" departs Tumbez towards the Off-shore grounds
December 19, 1841 - Sailing to southeast
December 24, 1841 - For reasons unknown, the "Acushnet" sails towards Peru again
December 27, 1841 - Off Cape Blanco, Peru - (daily position)
December 29, 1841 - Gulf of Guayaquil - (daily position)
December 30, 1841 - Point St.Helena, Equador - (daily position)
December 31, 1841 - N of Salango and La Plata Islands - Captain Pease sets course to the Galapagos Islands
January 6, 1842 - Charles Isles - Arrival to the Charles Isles
January 8, 1842 - SW of Charles Islands - Exploring the coast of Charles Islands
January 17, 1842 - Charles Isles - Return to the Charles Isles
January 21, 1842 - Vicinity of Rock Redonda, Galapagos Islands - Laying in becalmed sea
May 2, 1842 - W of Galapagos (longitude of Vancouver) - The "Acushnet" informs the passing Nantucket whaler "Ontario" that it has 700 barrels aboard
June 17, 1842 - 6 days from the Marquesas - The "Acushnet" heads southwest to Nukahiva
June 23, 1842 - 2 miles S of Cape Martin, Marquesas Islands - (daily position)
June 24, 1842 - Taiohae Bay, Marquesas Islands - The "Acushnet" anchors at Taiohae Bay, close to several french navy ships (The french claimed the islands and 200 soldiers were building Fort Collet at the time)
July 9, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - Melville deserts the "Acushnet" with Richard T. Greene
July 13, 1842 - Marquesas Islands - Melville and Greene are welcomed by the Typee indians
August 7, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - An australian whaler in open disorder, the "Lucy Ann", arrives in Nuku Hiva
August 9, 1842 - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands - Melville boards the "Lucy Ann", bound for Tahiti
August 10, 1842 - Off Island of Tahuata (St.Christina) - The Island of St.Christina is sighted
August 26, 1842 - Hiva Oa, Southern Marquesas - The "Lucy Ann" arrives to La Dominica and signs a trio of deserters. Most of the crew gets increasingly frustrated for not heading for open ocean and the profits of whaling
September 4, 1842 - On the way to Tahiti - The Captain is confined to his cabin when his sickness worsens
September 20, 1842 - Moto-Utu, Tahiti - The Ship arrives in Tahiti and the captain decides to anchor away from Papeete
September 22, 1842 - Papeete, Tahiti - Melville and 11 other sailors, refuse to do their duties aboard the ship
October 5, 1842 - Calabooza Beretanee (British Prison), Papeete - Melville and the others are taken before the british Consul, and jailed for "mutiny"
October 19, 1842 - Mo'orea Island - Melville escapes and crosses the channel to Mo'orea Island
November 6, 1842 - Passe Tareu, N Mo'orea Island (Papetoai) - Signs articles on the whaler "Charles and Henry" for a six-month cruise
November 7, 1842 - Passe Tareu, N Mo'orea Island (Papetoai) - The "Charles and Henry" departs. The ship had an extensive supply of books, specially of adventure and travel, which Melville devours in his spare time
January 27, 1843 - South Pacific, W of Santiago - Encounters the "Roscoe" from New Bedford
February 2(?), 1843 - Sailing towards the Island of Mas Afuera, Chile
February 9, 1843 - Latitude of Nazca, longitude of Cape San Lucas - The "Martha", of Fairhaven, encounters the "Charles and Henry" with 400 barrels of oil
April 27, 1843 - Lahaina, Maui - Hawaii - The "Charles and Henry" anchors at Lahaina
May 2, 1843 - Lahaina, Maui - Hawaii - Melville and another 2 crew members are discharged by mutual consente
June 6, 1843 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Melville is shocked to see the "Acushnet" lying on the outer reef
July 7, 1843 - Honolulu - A US Navy frigate, USS Constellation makes port in Honolulu, from the Opium War. The "Acushnet" departs for Japan, so Melville was free to enjoy life in Oahu
August 2, 1843 - Honolulu - The flagship of the Pacific Squadron, the frigate USS United States, unde Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, comes into port
August 17, 1843 - Honolulu - Melville enlists as an ordinary seaman on board the USS United States for "3 years of cruise"
August 18, 1843 - Honolulu - Melville and the crew are summoned to watch the flogging of 7 crewmen for infractions
August 20, 1843 - Honolulu - The USS United States departs for the Marquesas "with a fine breeze"
September 3, 1843 - N of the Marquesas Islands - The crew of the USS United States is mustered to hear a reading of the articles of war
September 5, 1843 - Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva (Marquesas) - Anchor at the Marquesas, still with heavy french presence
September 7, 1843 - Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva (Marquesas) - The USS United States is towed out of the harbor and sets sail to Tahiti
September 12, 1843 - Matavai Bay, Tahiti - Melville reaches Tahiti, after a 5 days Voyage
September 19, 1843 - Matavai Bay, Tahiti - The USS United states sets sail to Valparaiso, Chile
September 28, 1843 - Sailor James Craddock falls from the mizzen yard with multiple fractures
October 19, 1843 - Mas Afuera Island, Chile - The ship passes close to the Mas Afuera Island
October 20, 1843 - Juan Fernández Island (Alexander Selkirk) - The ship passes close to the Juan Fernández Island
October 21, 1843 - Valparaíso, Chile - The "USS United States" drop anchor and exchange salutes with "USS Constellation"
November 5, 1843 - Valparaíso, Chile - The "USS United States" departs to Callao
November 15, 1843 - Callao, Peru - Arrival in Callao. The "USS United States" remains there for 10 weeks. The crew is denied shore leave while the USS Constellation was in port
November 20(?), 1843 - Callao, Peru - As the crew begins to exchange gossip with other Pacific Squadron crews, Melville hears about a mysterious "mutiny" that had occcurred on board the "USS Somers", and 3 sailors that had been hanged. The affair was kept quiet until the ship reached New York in December 1842, but soon had wide publicity because of the mysterious circunstances surrounding the affair and because one of the sailors was the son of Secretary of War John C. Spencer
December 28, 1843 - Lima, Peru - Melville visits Lima after his section is granted 48-hour of liberty
January 3, 1844 - Lima, Peru - Melville departs Lima
January 21, 1844 - Callao, Peru - The "USS United States" escorts the "USS Constellation" and "HMS Vindictive" out of the Harbor, for a quick race
February 15, 1844 - Callao - The New Commodore, Alexander J. Dallas appears in the frigate "USS Savannah"
February 24, 1844 - Callao - The ship departs to Matatlán, for a supply of the Mexican silver dollars which could be used as currency in Latin-American ports
March 28, 1844 - Mazatlán, México - The "USS United States" anchors at Mazatlán
April 16, 1844 - Mazatlán - The "USS United States" departs Mazatlán
June 5, 1844 - Callao, Peru - The USS United States arrives in Callao after a slow 51-days voyage in calms and light headwinds
July 6, 1844 - Callao - The USS United States sets course home
July 16, 1844 - W Cape Horn - The USS United States reaches the Cape Horn with contrary winds
July 28, 1844 - E Cape Horn - After Crossing the Cape (without seeing it), the ship is caught in a 6-hour storm
August 16, 1844 - Rio de Janeiro - The USS United States reaches the harbor of Rio de Janeiro
August 24, 1844 - Rio de Janeiro - The USS United States departs Rio de Janeiro for Boston, racing with another 3 american ships and a french sloop
September 3, 1844 - Atlantic Ocean, roughly between Caracas and Freetown - the old ship, sails fast through the Atlantic ahead of the 4 other adversaries
October 2, 1844 - Boston - Melville arrives in Boston, aboard the USS United Estates
October 14, 1844 - Boston - Melville receives his payment and heads home
November(?) 1(?), 1844 - Lansingburgh, Troy - Melville reaches his home, in a time where financial depression was over
July(?) 1(?), 1845 - Lansingburgh - Melville completes "Typee", based in his own adventures
February 26, 1846 - "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" is published in London
March 17, 1846 - "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" is published in New York
July 1(?), 1846 - Rochester - Melville meets Toby Greene again, after their stay in the Marquesas Islands in 1842
March 30, 1847 - "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas", is published in London
April 24, 1847 - A portion of "Omoo" is published in New York
May 1, 1847 - "Omoo", is published, complete, in New York
August 4, 1847 - ? - Melville marries Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Lemuel Shaw
August 5, 1847 - Centre Harbor, New Hampshire - Melville and Elizabeth begin their honeymoon
August 10(?), 1847 - Montreal, Canada - Arrival in Montreal
August 20, 1847 - Quebec - Arrival in Quebec
August 30, 1847 - Lansingburgh, Troy - The couple returns to Lansingburgh
February 16, 1848 - The Melvilles first child, Malcolm, is born
January(?) 1(?), 1849 - Publication of "Mardi, and a Voyage Thither"
May 30(?), 1849 - New York City - Tom, Melville's younger brother, signs on the "Navigator", bound for China. Melville goes aboard
October 11, 1849 - New York City - Departs for Britain aboard the "Southampton"
October 21, 1849 - Grand Banks, E of Canada - Sailing in the Great Banks towards Britain
October 30, 1849 - S of Scilly Islands, Britain - Melville starts crossing the English Channel
November 1, 1849 - The Lizzard - The ship passes through the Lizzard, with many ships anchored. Publication of "Redburn: His First Voyage"
November 6, 1849 - Dover | London - Melville goes ashore in Dover. Reaches London on the same night
November 27, 1849 - Boulogne - Takes a boat from London to Boulogne
November 28, 1849 - Paris - Arrives by train to Paris
December 7, 1849 - Brussels - Arrival in Brussels
December 9, 1849 - Cologne - Arrival in Cologne
December 10, 1849 - Coblenz - Arrival in Coblenz
December 11, 1849 - Dover - Travels to Dover during the night by the Rhine
December 12, 1849 - London - Back to London by train
December 25, 1849 - Portsmouth - Arrives in Portsmouth
December 26, 1849 - Portsmouth - Departs to the United States, and passes close to Horatio Nelson's "Victory"
January 30, 1850 - New York City - Melville returns home
February 1, 1850 - "White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War" is published in London
March 21, 1850 - "White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War" is published in New York
May 1, 1850 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts - Letter to Richard Henry Dana, mentioning the work on his "whaling voyage" book
June 27, 1850 - Pittsfield - Letter to Richard Bentley, proposing a publication in London
August 5, 1850 - Lenox, Massachusetts - Melville meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic hosted by a mutual friend
August 17, 1850 - A review of Hawthorne's short story collection by Melville is published in the "Literary World"
September 1(?), 1850 - Pittsfield - The Melvilles purchase "Arrowhead", a farm house in Pittsfield
October 1(?), 1850 - Pittsfield - Melville moves to Pittsfield with his Family
October 22, 1850 - Pittsfield - The Melville's second child, Stanwix, is born
January 1(?), 1851 - Dalton, Massachusetts - Visits Carson's Old Red Paper Mill, to buy paper for his books
July 3, 1851 - Bentley offers Melville ₤150 and "half profits", which he accepts on 20th
September 10, 1851 - New York City - Goes to New York with the proof sheets, made from the finished plates, which he sent to London by his brother Allan
October 18, 1851 - "Moby Dick" is published in London
November 14, 1851 - "Moby Dick" is published in New York
July 1(?), 1852 - New York City - "Pierre: or, The Ambiguities" is published
July 3, 1852 - New Bedford - Melville departs alone to Boston. Reaches New Bedford on the same day
July 6, 1852 - Nantucket - Melville visits Nantucket for the first time, the place that had long haunted his imagination and that had been a major source for "Moby Dick"
July 8, 1852 - Nantucket - Melville meets Captain Pollard: "Saw Capt. Pollard on the island of Nantucket, and exchanged some words with him. To the islanders he was a nobody—to me, the most impressive man, tho’ wholly unassuming, even humble—that I ever encountered."
August 7, 1852 - The Boston "Daily Advertiser" reviews Melville's "Pierre" with a complain
September 8, 1852 - New York City - The New York "Day Book" publishes a venomous attack headlined "Herman Melville Crazy"
May 22, 1853 - Pittsfield - The same day that the Melville's third, Elizabeth, child is born, Melville finishes "Isle of the Cross"
November 1(?), 1853 - "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is published in Putnam's magazine
December 1(?), 1853 - The short story "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! or, The Crowing of the Nobel Cock Beneventano" is published on Harper's Magazine
July 1(?), 1854 - "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile" starts being published in serial form
November 27, 1854 - Pittsfield - Melville and family depart to spend Thanksgiven in Boston
November 28, 1854 - Boston - Arrival in Boston
March 1(?), 1855 - "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile" is published, in complete book
March 2, 1855 - Pittsfield - The Melvilles fourth child, Frances, is born
April 1(?), 1855 - The short story "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is published
October 11, 1856 - New York City - Herman Melville departs to Liverpool aboard the "Glasgow"
October 25, 1856 - Greenock, Scotland - Arrival in Britain
October 26, 1856 - Glasgow - The "Glasgow" goes 20 miles up the River Clyde to Glasgow
October 29, 1856 - Stirling - Melville starts a tour, leaving Glasgow and reaching Stirling
October 30(?), 1856 - Perth - Visit to Perth
November 1(?), 1856 - Edinburgh - Stays a few days in Edinburgh
November 5(?), 1856 - York - Visits York on his way to Liverpool
November 7(?), 1856 - Lancaster - Lancaster on his way to Liverpool
November 8, 1856 - Liverpool - Arrival in Liverpool
November 11, 1856 - Southport, N of Liverpool - Looks for available steamers. Meeting with Hawthorne in Southport
November 13, 1856 - Liverpool - Melville and Hawthorne return to Liverpool
November 15, 1856 - Chester - Melville and Hawthorne go to Chester
November 18, 1856 - Liverpool - Melville departs on the "Egyptian" to the Levant
November 27(?), 1856 - Cape St.Vincent, Portugal - Describes the convoys of ships heading to Crimea
November 28(?), 1856 - Gibraltar - The "Egyptian" enters the Mediterranean
December 2, 1856 - Syra, Greek Islands - The "Egyptian" arrives to the port of Syra
December 6, 1856 - Off Salonica - Melville is invited to the deck to enjoy the view of Mount Olympus covered in Snow
December 10, 1856 - Dardanelles - After Salonica, the "Egyptian" departs through the Dardanelles
December 12, 1856 - Pera, Istanbul - Melville arrives to the port of Pera, in heavy fog
December 20, 1856 - Smyrna - After a complete tour through all Istanbul, Melville crosses the Dardanelles and reaches Smyrna
December 23, 1856 - Syra, Greek Islands - Returns to Syra
December 25, 1856 - Syra - After Christmas celebrations, the ship departs to Egypt
December 28, 1856 - Alexandria, Egypt - Arrival in Alexandria
December 30, 1856 - Cairo - Arrival in Cairo. Goes to the Pyramids the next day
January 1, 1857 - Alexandria - Returns to Alexandria, looking or a ship to Jaffa
January 6, 1857 - Jaffa, Palestine - Arrival in Jaffa. Departs on 4th
January 9, 1857 - Jerusalem - Melville visits Jerusalem, Petra and the Red Sea until 18th
January 19, 1857 - Ramlah - Overnight stay at a greek convent
January 20, 1857 - Jaffa - Returns to Jaffa, via Lod (SE of Tel-a-Viv) with armed escort after arab robberies in the region
January 27, 1857 - Beyrut, Lebanon - Melville takes the austrian steamer "Acquila Imperiale". Reaches Beyrut in the same day
February 1, 1857 - Beyrut - Departs to Smyrna on the austrian steamer "Smirne"
February 2, 1857 - Larnaca, Cyprus - The ship anchors off Larnaca
February 4, 1857 - Off Rhodes - Melville enjoys the view of Rhodes and other islands by moonlight
February 6, 1857 - Smyrna - Return to Smyrna. Departs to Pireus on the paddle steamer "Italia"
February 8, 1857 - Pireus | Athens - Arrival in Pireus, via Syra. Staying in Athens
February 11, 1857 - Pireus - Embarks in the french steamer "Cydnus" for Messina
February 13, 1857 - Messina, Sicily - Arrival in Messina
February 18, 1857 - Naples - Arrival in Naples
February 24, 1857 - Naples - Departs to Rome by diligence
February 25, 1857 - Rome - Arrival in Rome
March 22, 1857 - Civitavecchia - Melville departs Rome and reaches Civitavecchia
March 23, 1857 - Livorno - Reaches Livorno. Visits Pisa on the same day
March 24, 1857 - Florence - Visit to Florence
March 30, 1857 - Bologna - Arrival in Bologna
March 31, 1857 - Ferrara - Arrival in Ferrara
April 1, 1857 - Venice - Melville reaches Venice in hard rain. Compares it to arriving Boston. "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade", Melville's final novel, is published in New York
April 6, 1857 - Milan - Depart Venice to Milan. Arrives in the same day
April 8, 1857 - Lake Como | Milan - Melville takes a steamer at Lake Como. Back to Milan
April 9, 1857 - Turin - Arrival in Turin, via Novara
April 11, 1857 - Genoa - Arrival in Genoa in rain
April 15, 1857 - Bellinzona - Arrival in Bellinzona, through the Alps
April 17, 1857 - Lucern - Arrival in Lucern
April 18, 1857 - Bern - Arrival in Bern
April 20, 1857 - Basel - Arrival in Basel
April 21, 1857 - Heidelberg - Arrival by train to Heidelberg
April 22, 1857 - Frankfurt - Arrival in Frankfurt
April 23, 1857 - Cologne - Arrives in Cologne by boat
April 24, 1857 - Amsterdam - Arrival in Amsterdam by train, via Utrecht and Düsseldorf. Takes the steamer to London on the night of 25th
April 26, 1857 - London - Melville arrives in London by the morning
May 2, 1857 - Oxford - Arrives in Oxford by train
May 3, 1857 - Stratford-on-Avon | Birmingham - Visiting Shakespeare's house. Arrives in Birmingham at night
May 5, 1857 - Liverpool - Departs to the United States on a steamer
May 25(?), 1857 - New York City - Returns to the United States (speculative date)
November 30(?), 1857 - Concord - Lecture in Concord
December 2, 1857 - Boston - Lecture in Boston
December 9, 1857 - Boston - Takes the train to Montreal from Boston
December 11, 1857 - Montreal, Canada - Lecture "Statues in Rome"
February 1, 1858 - Cincinnati - Lecture "Statues in Rome"
February 21, 1860 - Cambridge(port), Massachussets - Last appearance as lecturer, at the Dowse Institute
May 30, 1860 - Boston - Departs in a voyage around the world in the clipper "Meteor", captained by his brother Tom
June 11, 1860 - Atlantic Ocean - Latitude of South Carolina - Sailing towards the South Atlantic
June 20, 1860 - Atlantic Ocean - Latitude of Hispaniola - Sailing towards the South Atlantic
June 29, 1860 - Line of the Equator - The "Meteor" crosses the line of the Equator
July 8, 1860 - S Atlantic Ocean - Latitude between Vitória and Ilhéus (BRA) - Sailing towards Cape Horn
July 21, 1860 - North of Falkland/malvinas islands - After this point, the ship is hit by gales, squalls and head-winds, snow and rain
August 7, 1860 - Le Maire Strait (between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island) - The "Meteor" enters the Le Maire Strait
August 8, 1860 - Cape Horn - The "Meteor" rounds the Cape Horn
September(?) 10(?), 1860 - Off Galapagos Islands - Middle of route from Cape Horn to San Francisco - Aproximate date and place
October 12, 1860 - San Francisco - The "Meteor" arrives in San Francisco after 135 days of voyage
October 20, 1860 - San Francisco - Hearing that his poem was unpublished, Melville cancels his trip around the world and decides to depart to New York
November(?) 1(?), 1860 - Pittsfield - Melville returns to New York
January(?) 1(?), 1863 - New York City - Melville resettles in New York with his family
January(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Obtains a position as customs inspector for the City of New York, through his wife's influence. "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is published
January(?) 1(?), 1886 - New York City - Herman Melville retires
February 23, 1886 - His son Stanwix dies in San Francisco, aged 36
November 1(?), 1888 - New York City - Melville starts working on "Billy Budd, Sailor", a novela
September 28, 1891 - New York City - Herman Melville dies, aged 72 =(END)
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