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Georg Forster
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster, was a German geographer, 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 ethn…
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culture · German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary · explorer · anthropologist · ethnologist · pteridologist · librarian · writer · translator · ornithologist · revolutionary · botanist · also Georg Forster, Johann Georg Adam Forster, G.Forst., Johann George Adam Forster, Forster
Born 27 November 1754 · Died 10 January 1794 · Q58062
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Marine Link: GEORG FORSTER Calls Southampton for the First Time
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Died 1794-01-10.
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Born 1754-11-27.
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