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.

the answer is the second one.