Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World - On Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethnic Philosophy

Klappentext First published in 1778! this work records Forster's scientific observations compiled during Cook's second voyage! from 1772 to 1775. Zusammenfassung A scientific writer, translator and traveller, John Reinhold Forster (1729–98) took part in Cook's second Pacific voyage from 1772 to 1775, and published this study, recording his observations in the fields of physical geography, ethnology, botany and zoology, in 1778. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Remarks on the Earth and lands, their inequalities, strata, and constituent parts; 2. Remarks on water and ocean; 3. Remarks on the atmosphere and its changes, meteors, and phoenomena; 4. Remarks on the changes of the globe; 5. Remarks on the organic bodies; 6. Remarks on the human species.

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• Authors: John Reinhold Forster, Forster John Reinhold
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108031882
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03188-2
• No. of pages: 680
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Geographical discovery and exploration, Classic Travel Writing, Historical Geography, C 1700 To C 1800