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The Traveler: One ManS Quest For Humanity From The South Seas To Revolutionary Paris
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Step Into The Life And Times Of George Forster, The EighteenthCentury Naturalist Who Sailed The World And Made Waves With His Revolutionary Ideas About Humanity And FreedomFrom The Bestselling Author Of The Invention Of Nature.[A] Thrilling BiographyCumAdventure Story. Hampton Sides, Author Of The Wide Wide SeaEnthralling. Superb. The Traveler Is Hypnotically Successful And Wonderfully Restores George Forster As A Major Historical Figure. Richard Holmes, Author Of The Age Of Wonderfrom 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 CookS 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 IslandAlong 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 EuropeS 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 WifeS IndependenceAnd 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.
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