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Where did Herman Melville travel as a cabin boy on the merchant ship St. Lawrence?
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Herman Melville
American writer Herman Melville.
In June 1839, Herman Melville served as a cabin boy on the merchant ship St. Lawrence, which sailed from New York City to Liverpool, England. This voyage served as the inspiration for his 1849 novel, Redburn.12