Dr. Frederick Cook using sextant 1908
Dr. Frederick Albert Cook (1865 - 1940), American explorer, physician, and ethnographer, claims that he reached the North Pole on 21st April 1908, a year before Robert Peary. Cook observing with an sextant to determine his whereabouts, holding the instrument in his hand, measuring the angular distance between two visible objects
Picture No
11959451
Media ID
46090280
Size
3759px x 6194px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration drawn by Fortunino Matania in The Sphere', 2 October 1909, page 7
Date
April 1908
