Author: Hoare, M.E.
Title: The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798
Description: Hawthorn Press 1976 x, 419, . . HB. 8vo, orig. buckram, gt. Vg in worn dw (a few tears, minor loss; in removable protective sleeve). Signed by the Author. Newspaper cutting announcing the death of the author pasted in.. The most controversial, most maligned, and least understood of those who sailed with Captain Cook is how Michael Hoare describes Johann Forster. In this first full length biography, Hoare described Forster's accomplishments, contributions to the sciences of natural history, geology, ethnology, and cartography, and his life in England..

Keywords: Captain Cook; Johann Forster


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