On January 3, 1841, Herman Melville ships out on the whaler Acushnet to the South Seas.
Melville was born in New York City in 1819. A childhood bout of scarlet fever permanently weakened his eyesight. He went to sea at age 19, as a cabin boy on a ship bound for Liverpool. Two years later, he sailed for the South Seas.
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“There were only about ten sailors in 2000 when this ship was launched, which was quickly baptised “Les Marins du Bout du Monde”.
The ship has been sailing in Brittany for 20 years
