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Georg Forster took part in Captain Cook's second journey of the world (1772) with his father at the age of 17. After his return, he published his impressions and observations in a comprehensive book. The book contains not only the observations on the nature of the places they visited, but also numerous philosophical notes on the culture of the people. A closer reading of these observations shows that Forster developed a method according to which he assessed the foreign cultures. The criteria of this method enables Forster even to understand and objectively assess cannibalism in New Zealand. Forster developed this method after questioning the conditions which can have a significant effect on the origin and the development of a particular culture in a particular space. His observations on the different cultures and the comparison of them with the Western culture which brought him to the conclusion that the geographical location, in which the human being lives, has a great effect on human existence. The aim of this paper is to show how Forster perceives the foreign culture and how he deals with it.