This presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. The main pagination of this volume and the three other volumes in the set (Second series 152, 154-155) is continuous. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster, J. R. Forster - principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage - was nevertheless recognised by many contemporaries as one of the 'universal geniuses' of the late 18th ...
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This presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. The main pagination of this volume and the three other volumes in the set (Second series 152, 154-155) is continuous. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster, J. R. Forster - principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage - was nevertheless recognised by many contemporaries as one of the 'universal geniuses' of the late 18th century. His journal of the voyage offers many new insights, expressed at times in quite unrestrained language, into the day-to-day relationships, life and thinking and theory-testing on the second, and the most scientific and the most epic of Cook's voyages. However, the circumstances of Forster's career and personality were such that his work was dogged by debilitating disputes and vendettas. Consequently, important works such as this journal, which would have established him as the leading comparative anthropologist, linguist, geographer and zoologist of the Pacific, have thus far remained obscure and seldom-used manuscripts. Anthropologists, ethnolinguists, geographers, botanists, zoologists and medical and literary historians will find here much new observation and theory; for the two Forsters fashioned forces to influence Alexander von Humboldt and foretell Charles Darwin. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1981.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Four volume complete set! Blue cloth boards in dust jackets, octavos, 831pp., color frontispiece in volume one, otherwise illustrated in b&w. Books have handsome boards and tight bindings, texts clean bright and unmarked, but edges of blocks are foxed. DJs have rubbing and edgewear, now in archival mylar wraps.
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Dust jacket in good condition. Complete 4 volume set. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. All volumes in similar condition: DJ shows light edgewear and creasing; Boards are clean; Binding is sound; All volumes have pencil underlinings and annotations throughout text; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. 0904180107. Dust jacket has a dark border stain around the outer edge of the front flap and minor wear at the spine ends. Volume 2 only.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 370 pages.
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