- ^ After the death of Melville's father in 1832 his mother added an "e" to the family surname—seemingly at the behest of her son Gansevoort. (Parker 1996, p. 67.)
- ^ This would have been the Statenvertaling of 1637, the Dutch equivalent of the King James Bible.
- ^ On the surviving list of Acushnet crewmembers, Melville's name can be seen sixth counting from below: Original list of Acushnet crewmembers
- ^ This number is either what she was carrying or the total number since the voyage began (Parker (1996), 200.
- ^ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts...
- ^ Germanism, borrowed from the promise in Luke that the kingdom will be given to the chosen people.
- ^ Genitive of attribute
- ^ Cognate construction and familiar Biblical idiom.
- ^ Inversion of order to resemble the speeches of the King of the account of the Last Judgment in Matthew 25:34: "Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand ..."
- ^ Paraphrase of familiar Biblical idiom and cognate construction
- ^ Allusion to Acts 2:9: "Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in ..."
- ^ Use of compound prepositions
- ^ Acts 2:3: "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them".
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