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The North Pole
Robert E. Peary
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R812
Discovery Miles 8 120
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The North Pole
Robert E. Peary
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R1,145
Discovery Miles 11 450
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A Negro Explorer At The North Pole 1912]. By Matthew A. Henson.
Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Forward presented by Robert
E. Peary. "In short, Matthew Henson, next to Commander Peary, held
and still holds the place of honor in the history of the expedition
that finally located the position of the Pole, because he was the
best man for the place. During twenty-three years of faithful
service, he had made himself indispensable. From the position of a
servant, he rose to that of companion and assistant in one of the
most dangerous and difficult tasks that was ever undertaken by men.
In extremity, when both the danger and the difficulty were
greatest, the Commander wanted by his side the man upon whose skill
and loyalty he could put the most absolute dependence and when that
man turned out to be black instead of white. The Commander was not
only willing to accept the service, but was at the same time
generous enough to acknowledge it. . . . Nearly all the early
Spanish explorers were accompanied by Negroes. It is said that the
first ship built in America was constructed by the slaves of
Vasquez de Ayllon, who attempted to establish a Spanish settlement
where Jamestown, Virginia, was later founded. Balboa had 30 Negroes
with him, and they assisted him in constructing the first ship on
the Pacific coast. Three hundred slaves were brought to this
country by Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico, and it is said that the
town of Santiago del Principe was founded by Negro slaves who later
rebelled against their Spanish masters.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Peary gilt trotz einiger Ungereimtheiten als Entdecker des
Nordpols. Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entdeckung des Nordpols.
Nachdruck des Originals von 1910.
Robert Edwin Peary (1856 1920), the distinguished American Arctic
explorer, is usually credited as the first person to have reached
the geographic North Pole, in 1909. First published in 1898, this
two-volume work recounts Peary's expeditions across the interior
ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891 7. It
describes Peary's contacts with the local Inuit tribes and the
valuable scientific discoveries he made in geography, and natural
history. Peary also documents the discovery and conveyance to the
United States of the Cape York meteorites, from which the Inuit had
extracted iron, but whose whereabouts had been a secret. In Volume
1, Peary recounts his first two expeditions in Greenland. On the
first, in 1886, he travelled over the Greenland ice sheet for 100
miles. On the second, in 1891 2, he and seven companions (including
his wife) sledged 1300 miles to North-East Greenland.
Robert Edwin Peary (1856 1920), the distinguished American Arctic
explorer, is usually credited as the first person to have reached
the geographic North Pole, in 1909. First published in 1898, this
two-volume work recounts Peary's expeditions across the interior
ice-cap of Northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891 7. It
describes Peary's contacts with the local Inuit tribes and the
valuable scientific discoveries he made in geography, and natural
history. Peary also documents the discovery and conveyance to the
United States of the Cape York meteorites, from which the Inuit had
extracted iron, but whose whereabouts had been a secret. Volume 2
recounts Peary's later expeditions in Greenland, including a
25-month stay in which he first attempted to reach the North Pole.
Peary's wife, Josephine, who accompanied him on many of his
expeditions, gave birth to their daughter less than 900 miles from
the Pole in 1893.
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