Another novel contains the characters Tashtego, Starbuck, and Queequeg, and is mainly set aboard a ship called the Pequod.
The early works of this author are largely autobiographical, fictionalizing his experiences as a cabin boy and later sailor.  His first two novels were based on voyages in the South Pacific: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life  and its sequel, Omoo.  His most famous short stories are collected in Piazza Tales and include the story of a slave rebellion on a merchant vessel, Benito Cereno.  The title character of another story in that collection repeats the phrase ―I would prefer not to‖, Bartleby the Scrivener. Another novel contains the characters Tashtego, Starbuck, and Queequeg, and is mainly set aboard a ship called the Pequod. This is, FTP, what American author of Moby Dick.
The early works of this author are largely autobiographical, fictionalizing his experiences as a cabin boy and later sailor.  
Herman Melville