Reise um die Welt mit Kapitän Cook

by Georg Forster, Hans Eckart Rübesamen (Herausgeber)

George Forster's A Voyage round the World presents a wealth of geographic, scientific, and ethnographic knowledge uncovered by Cook's second journey of exploration in the Pacific (1772-1775). Accompanying his father on the voyage, ship's naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, George proved a knowledgeable and adept observer. The lively, elegant prose and critical detail of his account, based loosely on his father's journal, make it one of the finest works of eighteenth-century travel literature and an account of prime importance in the history of European contact with Pacific peoples. The original English version of this work has long been neglected by anglophone scholars. This new scholarly edition makes this important book readily available for the first time since its initial publication more than two centuries ago.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Classics, History

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1777

About the author

Johann Georg Adam Forster was a naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary.

At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific.

His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. As a result of the report, Forster was admitted to the Royal Society at the early age of twenty-two and came to be considered one of the founders of modern scientific travel literature.

Reviews

[Armin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anno 1988 für ein Seminar Literatur und Landschaft zur Goethezeit mit viel Respekt hinter mich gebracht. Ohne das Bedürfnis es noch einmal zu lesen. Das Buch ist nicht schlecht, nur nicht allzu prickelnd, wenn man nicht ein bestimmtes Erkenntnisziel bei der Lektüre verfolgt.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein gelungenes Werk, fabelhaft editiert und illustriert, wie man es von der Anderen Bibliothek gewohnt ist.