PEARY, Robert E. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
The North Pole.
THE FIRST EXPLORER TO REACH THE NORTH POLE: First Edition of Robert Peary’s The North Pole
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
$750.00
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Item Number: RRB-148931
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First British edition of Peary’s illustrated account of his journey to the North Pole. Thick quarto, original cloth with a polar bear and gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and disk to the front panel, double ruling to the front panel stamped in white, a polar bear in white to the rear panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece, profusely illustrated with a large folding map printed in color, 3 photogravures, 16 special plates, and 97 illustrations from photographs. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. In very good condition.
This dramatic account includes the preparations, organization, and the march to the Pole. "According to Peary, they reached the Pole on April 6 and remained there 30 hours to verify their position. They reached land again at Cape Columbia on the 23rd, and two days later arrived at the ship… Immediately after Peary's arrival, the Cook/Peary controversy broke out as a result of Cook's almost simultaneous announcement that he had reached the Pole one year earlier. Eventually, Cook's claim was rejected as fraudulent by most commentators, and Peary's priority was widely acknowledged. However, Peary's claim, too, has frequently been questioned, and controversy continues even now… The National Geographic Society commissioned a new examination of Peary's route by the Navigation Foundation, of Maryland, which reported in Peary's favor" (Holland, 475).
The North Pole.
$750.00
In Stock
