Letters written by Jn. Reinhold Forster and George Forster to Thomas Pennant, 23 June 1772, 19 Novem...
Letters written by Jn. Reinhold Forster and George Forster to Thomas Pennant, 23 June 1772, 19 November 1772, 5 March 1787, with transcriptions, ca. 1947?
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23 June 1772, 19 November 1772, 5 March 1787, with transcriptions ca. 1947?
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MLMSS 7905
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0.01 metres of textual material
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Microfilm : CY 4588
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This collection comprises three letters with transcriptions concerning Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster's association with Sir Joseph Banks, the appointment of Johann Reinhold Foster as naturalist aboard the Resolution in 1772 with Captain Cook, and of Georg Forster as illustrator.
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Letters written by Jn. Reinhold Forster and George Forster to Thomas Pennant, 23 June 1772, 19 November 1772, 5 March 1787, with transcriptions, ca. 1947?
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Transferred from the Manuscripts Collection MLDOC 489, August 2009, formerly from Uncat. file
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Purchased from Orion Booksellers, June 1947
Administrative / Biographical history
Johann Reinhold Forster, author and naturalist, was born on 22 October 1729 at Dirschau (Tschew), Polish Prussia. His writings on natural history made him known in scientific circles, where he won the acquaintanceship of Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander and was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. When Banks refused to sail on James Co...
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MLMSS 7905
Record Identifier
9AL474aY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL474aY
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872584
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