Matthew A. Henson (1866-1955)
America's only famous Negro polar explorer was the co-author to the major geographical quest of the century - the search for the North Pole. . At the age of 12 he escaped a loveless home - he never knew his mother, who died when he was two - and found his way to Baltimore and the benign Captain...
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| Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1983
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| Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65305 |