Editing Typee (section)

{{Short description|1846 book by Herman Melville}}
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| image = Typee 1st edition.jpg
| caption = First American edition title page
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| author = [[Herman Melville]]
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| country = United States, England
| language = English
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| genre = [[Travel literature]]
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* 1846 {{small|(New York: Wiley and Putnam)}}
* 1846 {{small|(London: John Murray)}}
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| followed_by = [[Omoo]]
|wikisource = Typee
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'''''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 literature|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 [[Tai Pī (province)|Taipivai]], once known as Taipi.<ref>Christian, F.W., Nuku and Uia-Ei, 1895, "Notes on the Marquesans," ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 4(3):187-202. Page 200</ref>

''Typee'' was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".{{sfnb|Howard|1968|p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=4pQS7K_zSikC&q=neither+literal+autobiography+nor+pure+fiction 291-294]}}