Typee

Typee

First American edition title page
Author	Herman Melville
Language	English
Genre	Travel literature
Published	1846 (New York: Wiley and Putnam) 1846 (London: John Murray)
Publication place	United States, England
Media type	Print
Followed by	Omoo
Text	Typee at Wikisource

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published in 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books. The title comes from the valley of Taipivai, once known as Taipi.^[1]

Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".^[2]