<p>Typee, a Romance of the South Sea is the first book by American writer Herman Melville. Herman Melville (1819?1891) was an American novelist, poet, and writer of short stories.<br><br>A classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva, which Melville spelled as Nukuheva, in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.<br><br>The title comes from the name of a valley ...