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  1. Home > Society > History > By Topic > Exploration > Explorers > Peary, Robert E. Sites and pages devoted to Robert Edwin Peary, (1856-1920). United States Naval officer who reached the North Pole in 1909. Resources in This Category. North Pole Expedition Archives
  2. history.navy.mil

    Robert Edwin Peary was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, on 6 May 1856, son of Charles N. and Mary P. Peary. Three years later his father died, and his mother took him to Portland, Maine, where he spent his boyhood. He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877 with the degree of Civil Engineer, standing second highest in his class. The next few years he was employed as a draftsman in the Coast ...
  3. historyen.com

    For Robert Edwin Peary's , it was the allure of the North Pole a place that symbolized ultimate exploration. His journey to claim this elusive goal is one of the most debated yet fascinating stories in the annals of exploration. Who Was Robert Edwin Peary? Early Life and Background. Robert Edwin Peary was born on May 6, 1856, in Cresson ...
  4. britannica.com

    Robert Peary (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Arctic explorer usually credited with leading the first expedition to reach the North Pole in 1909.. Peary entered the U.S. Navy in 1881 and pursued a naval career until his retirement, with leaves of absence granted for Arctic exploration. In 1886—with Christian Maigaard, who ...
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    Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (/ ˈ p ɪər i /; May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being the discoverer of the geographic North Pole in April 1909, having led the first expedition to have claimed this achievement, although it is ...
  7. Topics Peary, Robert E. ... JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- Exploration & Discovery, Discoveries in geography, Explorers, North Pole ... This book describes the life and accomplishments of Robert Peary, the American explorer who reached the North Pole in 1909
  8. ROBERT E. PEARY, 1891-1895 DOUGLAS W. WAMSLEY abstract. On 6 April 1909, with the support of the well-financed Peary Arctic Club, ... explorer, Peary believed that lightly manned expeditions could accomplish far ... Although the society had a long history of aiding Arctic explorers, its sup-port was most often in the form of well-attended ...
  9. mainememory.net

    After several failed attempts and pressure from competing explorers, Maine resident Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary claimed his arrival at the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Peary reached the 90° latitude with the help of Matthew Henson, his African-American assistant, and four Inuit men: Ootah, Egigingwah, Seegloo, and Ooqueah. Although still debated, the United States Government officially ...
  10. history.navy.mil

    The most famous Civil Engineer Corps officer to date remains Robert Edwin Peary. However, Peary an extremely talented man of tremendous drive achieved his great renown not as a civil engineer but as an Arctic explorer. Nevertheless, Peary was not just an Arctic explorer whose goal was to reach the North Pole. He was a first-rate civil engineer who performed his Navy assignments in a meticulous ...
  11. pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca

    mate recalled that Peary had an affinity for quoting some poignant lines written by another Bowdoin man, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "A boy's will is the wind's will, "And the thoughts of youtharelong, long thoughts." 551 FURTHER READINGS HOBBS, WILLIAM HERBERT. 1936. Peary. New York: TheMacmillan PEARY, ROBERT EDWIN. 1898.
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