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Andrea Wulf: George Forster on HMS Resolution (1771)
Episode 25
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
This week the award winning biographer Andrea Wulf takes us aboard Captain Cook's HMS Resolution to meet one of the most compelling of the ship's company: George Forster. When he embarked with Cook Forster was still a teenager. But fiercely clever, kind and sensitive, he would go on to distinguish himself as one of the most intriguing figures of the high Enlightenment. In this episode Wulf explains how 1771 was the year in which his life transformed. George Forster is the subject of Andrea Wulf's newly released biography. The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and His Search For Humanity. Show Notes Scene One: January 1772, 2 Somerset Stable Yard, Strand, London. George Forster in London, publication of his translation of Bougainville’s Voyage round the World. Scene Two: 11 July 1772, Plymouth harbour, George Forster’s first night on Resolution. Scene Three: 10 December 1772, Latitude: 51° 37’ S, Longitude: 25°28’E. People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Guest: Andrea Wulf Producer: Maria Nolan Theme music: Firelight by Minka Partner: ACE Cultural Tours.
