A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Matthew Henson

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2023
ISBN:
9781312741393

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Seven times had Robert Peary and Matthew Henson attempted to reach the fabled North Pole. Seven times they failed. In 1908, following years of frustration, they gather a crew of Inuit guides and set sail from Greenland, hopeful that the eighth voyage will end in discovery.

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