1779 - 1872
John DeWolf (sea captain)
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| Birthday |
6th September, 1779
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| Birthplace |
Bristol, Rhode Island
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| Died |
6th March, 1872
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| Place of Death |
Dorchester, Massachusetts
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Occupation Text |
Maritime fur trader, sea captain, and businessman
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John DeWolf (6 September 1779 - 6 March 1872), also known as John D'Wolf, John D'Wolfe, John DeWolfe, John DeWolf II, Norwest John or Nor'west John, was a sea captain, merchant, and businessman known for his role in the maritime fur trade in the Pacific Northwest, and his influence on the Russian-American Company in Novo-Arkhangelsk (today Sitka, Alaska) in Russian America, and for being an uncle of Herman Melville. Melville was inspired by DeWolf's stories, including an encounter with a large whale that contributed to Melville's Moby-Dick, which Melville describes explicitly in Moby Dick, "Chapter XLV: The Affidavit". "Captain D'Wolf" is also described in the same chapter. John DeWolf was the first American known to have travelled overland across Siberia, and probably the first person to circumnavigate the globe by way of crossing Asia overland.
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