Picture No | 11959451 |
Date | April 1908 |
Description | Dr. Frederick Cook using sextant 1908 |
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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.
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Source | Illustration drawn by Fortunino Matania in 'The Sphere', 2 October 1909, page 7 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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