The North Pole : its discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

Second edition. -- Peary recounts his journey to the North Pole which he reached on 6 April 1909, becoming the first explorer to do so. Contains an extensive selection of photographs from the expedition (some of which are colored by hand, some of which differ from those in the first edition), listed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920
Other Authors: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1910
Subjects:
Peary
Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
1856-1920
Bartlett
Bob
1875-1946
North Pole
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration
Arctic
Newfoundland studies
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/59539
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Summary:Second edition. -- Peary recounts his journey to the North Pole which he reached on 6 April 1909, becoming the first explorer to do so. Contains an extensive selection of photographs from the expedition (some of which are colored by hand, some of which differ from those in the first edition), listed p. xi-xiii. -- "With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and a foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor" (title page). "Map of the Arctic Regions," by Gilbert H. Grosvenor which is indicated within the pagination as following the index was not scanned. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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