History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North

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Author: Forster, John Reinhold (1729-1798) Year: 1786 Publisher: Luke White Pat Byrne Place: London Description: [8]+xvi+489+[1 blank]+[30] pages with folding engraved frontispiece map and one other folding map. Quarto (11 1/2" x 9") bound in half period calf. The frontispiece map is "A New and Improved Map of the Countries situated about the North Pole as far as the 50th Degree..." (31x31 cm.). "A learned account of various expeditions for discovering the North-West and North-East Passages" (Maggs quoted in Cox). Cox I p.22 (London Ed.). First edition. Forster's family originated in the Lords Forrester in Scotland from where his great-grandfather had emigrated after losing most of his property during the rule of Oliver Cromwell along with many other Scots. Forster himself was born in the city of Dirschau (Tczew) in the Polish province of Royal Prussia. He studied theology at the University of Halle, afterwards serving as a Lutheran pastor in Nassenhuben where his son Georg was born. In 1766 he traveled to England with Georg (the eldest of eight children, seven of which survived childhood). He spent three years teaching at the Dissenter's Academy in Warrington, succeeding Joseph Priestley. Forster then moved to London, where he became known as a natural historian. When Joseph Banks withdrew at the last moment as naturalist on Cook's second voyage, Forster and his son were appointed to fill the vacant position. In July 1772 they set sail on the Resolution , returning to Englan

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