A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Matthew A. Henson

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Matthew A. Henson

132 pages first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir adventurous informative slow-paced
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Matthew Alexander Henson (1866-1955) was an American explorer and long-time companion to Robert Peary; amongst various expeditions, their most famous was a 1909 expedition which claimed to be the first to reach the Geographic North Pole. He was st...

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