Picture No | 10217783 |
Date | 1909 |
Description | Commander Robert E. Peary |
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Robert Edwin Peary (1856 - 1920), US Naval Commander and explorer, photographed in his Arctic furs kit, 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 6th April 1909.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Graphic', 11 September 1909 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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