| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842/07/00 | Herman Melville | Visitor | Herman Melville jumps ship at Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Melville and Richard Greene make their way to the interior of the island where they are captured by Taipis tribe. | Nuku Hiva | French Polynesia | ||
| 1845/02/00 | Herman Melville | Home | By wintertime, Herman Melville begins writing "Typee" at a large wooden desk his mother helped him drag out of the attic and set near an upstairs window overlooking the Hudson. | Herman Melville House, Troy | Troy | ||
| 1846/02/26 | Herman Melville | Author | "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" by Herman Melville is published in London by John Murray. Many reviewers will be pleased with the novelty of Typee and its straightforward style. | ||||
| 1846/02/26 | John Murray (publisher) | Publisher | "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" by Herman Melville is published in London by John Murray. Many reviewers will be pleased with the novelty of Typee and its straightforward style. |
| Particulars for Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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