Robert E. Peary (1856–1920)
Autore di The North Pole
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Robert E. Peary, the American who discovered the North Pole, first became interested in Arctic exploration after a trip into the interior of Greenland in 1886. Later trips there funded by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences proved that Greenland is an island and resulted in his account mostra altro Northward over the Great Ice Northward over the Great Ice (1898). Nearest the Pole (1907) tells of his Arctic trip when the "farthest north" record was set about 200 miles from the North Pole. On April 6, 1909, Peary finally reached the North Pole after a voyage in the specially built ship Roosevelt and a long trek over ice via dog sled. He was accompanied by an African American and four Inuits. The North Pole, published in 1910, is his account of that final trip. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1911 with the rank of rear admiral but again served his country during World War I. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who had been ship's surgeon on one of Peary's earlier expeditions, claimed that he had discovered the North Pole earlier than Peary. However, Cook's claim was later proved false, and Congress, in 1911, formally recognized Peary as the discoverer of the North Pole. Peary's wife accompanied him on several trips, and his daughter was born in the Arctic - she is believed to be the first white child born north of the Arctic circle. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Robert E. Peary
Nearest the Pole 6 copie
De Noordpool ontdekt 1 copia
Northward over the Great Ice 2 Volume Set: A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap… (2012) 1 copia
Finding the North Pole by Cook and Peary (Publisher's Sample) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Northward over the "Great Ice": A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern… (1999) 1 copia
По большому льду. Северный полюс 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic (2007) — Collaboratore — 125 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Peary, Robert Edwin
- Data di nascita
- 1856-05-06
- Data di morte
- 1920-02-20
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Cresson, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Istruzione
- Bowdoin College
- Attività lavorative
- explorer
- Relazioni
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch (wife)
Peary, Marie Ahnighito (daughter)
Stafford, Edward P. (grandson) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Several ships of the United States Navy have been named Robert E. Peary; USS Peary (DD-226) 1920-1942, USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132) 1943-1966, USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) 1971-1995, USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) 2007 (DD-226 ∙ DE-132 ∙ [1073] ∙ T-AKE-5)
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- Explorer whose claim to have reached the North Pole before other Europeans is doubted by many modern scholars.
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- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 156
- Popolarità
- #134,405
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 36
- Lingue
- 1
Dr. Cook's Own Story of His Discovery, April 21, 1908
The Story of Commander Peary's Discovery, April 6, 1909
--- Together With ---
The Marvelous Record of Former Arctic Expeditions
Edited by Charles Morris,
Member of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
with Introduction by George W. Melville,
Rear Admiral U.S. Navy, Retired
The Survivor of Three Arctic Expeditions
Who Recovered the Records of the Jeannette Expedition, and also the Remains of DeLong and his Companions and was Given a Gold Medal by Congress for his Distinguished Services.
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Always interesting to compare contemporaneous narratives of well-known events with modern analyses that benefit from the perspective of some distance.… (altro)