Timeline Saturday 18 October 1851

Events on Saturday 18 October 1851 1

• 1851 Moby-Dick published Herman Melville's whaling novel appears in print Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the white whale was first published in London on 18 October 1851 as "The Whale," followed by the American edition weeks later. It sold poorly in its time but was later recognized as a cornerstone of American literature.