Johann Reinhold Forster letters, 1768-1786; bulk: 1768-1769.

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Johann Reinhold Forster letters, 1768-1786; bulk: 1768-1769.

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Nineteen letters, with typed transcriptions, from the German traveler, naturalist, and writer Johann Forster to the British traveler and naturalist Thomas Pennant. The letters comment primarily on books and translations on which Forster is working, and on his financial difficulties.

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798

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Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798

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Natural historian, scientist, traveller and Fellow of the Royal Society in London, Pennant was acquainted with all the notable scientists of his time and was a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks. Pennant was a prolific writer and his publications include The British zoology (1766), A tour of Scotland, 1769 (1771), Arctic zoology (1784). Pennant incorporated information about Australian fauna in his books A history of quadrupeds (1781) and the fourth volume of Outlines of the globe (1798). ...