What three melville novels drew on his life at sea

Herman Melville drew his initial three novels Typee, Omoo and Moby-D ick based on his life at sea.

Explanation:

Typee(1846)- first book by Melville about the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the south pacific Marquesas islands in 1842 .

Omoo(1847) - a sequel to his first novel, Omoo is also an account of his South Pacific sea experiences. The narrator of this story boards a whaling ship on it's way to Tahiti, where a mutiny led to the imprisonment of a third of the crew in Tahiti.

Moby-D ick(1851)- Ishmael's accounts of his ship's captain Ahab's obsessive quest for Moby-D ick, a giant sperm whale that bit off his leg in the previous voyage.

Journal entryNovember 11, 1620What a terrible journey! It has been quite a long time for us so I am thrilled to have finally arrived to Cape Cod. I could not possible describe fully how I reacted when we arrive, I was “half amazed” at the people conditions. It was all “a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men,” with “savage barbarians,” who were “readier to fill” the sides of the Pilgrims “full of arrows than otherwise.” It took me by surprise because I certainly not waited for this outcome .
It is just intriguing how our lives are going to be developed here, I think it is a matter of time until we find out. For the present moment, I feel quite unhappy and surprised