Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World: On Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethnic Philosophy

by John Reinhold Forster and Johann Reinhold Forster

John Reinhold Forster (1729-98), a scientific writer and translator of German origin, took part in Cook's second Pacific voyage, from 1772 to 1775, and published this study, which records his examinations of 'nature in its greatest extent; the earth, the sea, the air, the organic and animated creation', in 1778. He drew upon the ideas of 'the most ingenious men of the age' in constructing his observations on natural history and navigation. The first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108031889
• ISBN13: 9781108031882
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 3.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.3" x 11.7"