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ROBERT EDWIN PEARY

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ROBERT EDWIN PEARY

<b>342. ROBERT EDWIN PEARY</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1856-1920). American explorer. A rear admiral, he proved Greenland was an island rather than a continent and discovered the North Pole (1909) together with his assistant Matthew Henson and four Inuit. TLS “<i>Peary</i>,” 1p, 4to, Washington, May 8, 1911. Responding to the gift of a photograph from a NY photographer, he writes, “<i>I find your fine photograph of the ‘Roosevelt’, in 1908, awaiting me on my return from a visit to Maine, and I hasten to express to you my sincere appreciation of your generous courtesy. The photograph is a fine one, and covers a period in the voyage of the ‘Roosevelt’ of which I had previously no photographs.</i>..” Boldly signed. Light general toning; mounting residue on verso; portion of mount remains affixed; o/w VG.

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