| International Standard Book Number |
9780593803417 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
059380340X
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593803400 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
306.092 23
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| Personal Name |
Wulf, Andrea, author.
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| Title Statement |
The traveler : one man's quest for humanity from the South Seas to revolutionary Paris / Andrea Wulf.
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| Varying Form of Title |
One man's quest for humanity from the South Seas to revolutionary Paris
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| Edition Statement |
First hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Ã2026
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xxi, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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| Content Type |
cartographic image cri rdacontent
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| General Note |
"A Borzoi Book."
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-451) and index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From an early age, it was clear that George Forster possessed a brilliant mind. At just ten years old, he became a botanist when he accompanied his irascible father, Reinhold, on a wild expedition to Russia. By the time he was twelve, they had moved to London and the young boy soon became the breadwinner by publishing translations of the most popular travel accounts of the day. Then, in 1772, at the age of seventeen, George Forster joined Cook's second voyage, the most daring expedition of the time. The HMS Resolution set sail with orders to find what was then the hypothetical southern continent of Antarctica, stopping at the islands of the South Pacific--including New Zealand, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tahiti, and Easter Island--along the way. The Resolution carried the ambitions of the most powerful empire in the world, but Forster brought an understanding that was far ahead of his day. A gifted observer, linguist, artist, and writer, he studied the diverse cultures of the world without prejudice and was one of the first Europeans to talk about universal human rights.Recognized on his return as one of Europe's brightest minds, Forster used his fame to advocate for freedom and human rights and wrote against empire, white supremacy, and slavery. He admired strong, educated women, even accepting his wife's independence--and her love affairs. Driven by his passion for equality, Forster would eventually be pulled into the vortex of the French Revolution and live in Paris during the Reign of Terror. Throughout it all, he held close the radical belief that our common humanity is far greater than what sets us apart. The Traveler recounts the remarkable life of this deeply curious and exceptional man who, though largely forgotten by history, truly belonged to the future."-- Book jacket.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Step into the life and times of George Forster, the young naturalist and revolutionary who journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and whose radical ideas about humanity and freedom made waves in eighteenth-century Europe-from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Forster, Georg, 1754-1794.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Travelers Germany Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Naturalists Germany Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Naturalism.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Human rights History 18th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Voyages around the world History 18th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Ethnologists Germany Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Location |
B FORSTER 31662001851740
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