One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
The Book Club | 10 June 2026 | 0h 39m | Listen Later 
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Interview with Andrea Wulf about her book The Traveller: One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris. Discusses the life of George Forster, who sailed with Captain Cook, toured Europe as an intellectual celebrity and sparred with Kant and Rousseau over race and human civilisation – before throwing his lot in with the French Revolution.