Johann Reinhold Forster and the Making of Natural History on Cook's Second Voyage, 1772-1775

Auteur

Anne Mariss is assistant professor of early modern history at the University of Regensburg.

Texte du rabat

The book examines the role of German scholar Johann Reinhold Forster, who served as principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage of exploration to the Pacific from 1772 to 1775. It examines how Forster contributed to our knowledge of natural history on a daily basis aboard the Resolution.