Georg Forster
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Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster, was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Joha
Georg Forster in 1781, age 26
James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Resolution and Adventure in Matavai Bay by William Hodges
One of Forster's many illustrations of birds now extinct, the Tanna ground dove, also known as Forster's dove of Tanna
Andrea Wulf
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Andrea Wulf is a German-British historian and writer who has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews.
Georg Forster
…Forster's significance as a traveler, ethnographer and revolutionary, situating his work within broader debates on Enlightenment, colonialism and race. Andrea Wulf has drawn on Forster's publications and extensive correspondence to present his life as a journey through the intellectual and political upheavals of…
Andrea Wulf at Frankfurt Book Fair, 2022