The North Pole :
its discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club /
by Robert E. Peary ; foreword by Theodore Roosevelt ; new introduction by Robert M. Bryce.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Cooper Square Press, 2001.
- Edition
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1st Cooper Square Press ed.
- Summary
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A year after Cook claimed to have reached the North Pole, Peary announced that Cook never made it & that he, Peary, was the Pole's true conqueror. In his book he recounts his landmark expedition. Published on the 92nd anniversary of his claim. Annotation. Was Robert Peary the first man to reach the North Pole, as he claimed, on April 6, 1909? Rival explorer Frederick A. Cook called Peary's announcement a hoax, a conspiracy to fame supported by Peary's moneyed financiers.
- Note
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Originally published: New York : F.A. Stokes, 1910. With a new introd.
- Physical Description
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lvi, 373 p. :
ill., map ;
23 cm.
- ISBN
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0815411383
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