Peary Robert E 1856 1920 (50 results)

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Condition: Very Good. A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOUVENIR ISSUED AS PEARY PREPARED TO RETURN TO GREENLAND. ON THE EVE OF THE EXPEDITION: A small photographic souvenir associated with Robert E. Peary's second North Greenland expedition, issued in June 1893, the month the Falcon departed Philadelphia. Its four images present the expedition through the visual vocabulary used to introduce Arctic exploration to an American public: the expedition vessel among the ice, Peary's lead sled dog Nalegaksoak, the Greenlandic couple Koolootingwah and Tungwingwah, and a reindeer specimen from Redcliffe House. The booklet belongs to the promotional culture surrounding Peary's early expeditions. To finance the 1893 venture, Peary undertook an intensive lecture campaign, while Philadelphia scientific organizations supplied both financial and institutional support. The Falcon sailed from Philadelphia in late June 1893. Physical Features: Original off-white paper self-wraps, top-wire-stitched (flip-format). Illustrated with 4 half-tone photographic views printed on rectos only, depicting the vessel Falcon, lead sled dog Nalegaksoak, Inuit couple Koolootingwah and Tungwingwah, and a mounted Greenland Reindeer head. 6 x 4.5 inches; pp. [8] (unpaginated leaves). Iconography Note: This item contains historical photographic imagery and terminology typical of the late 19th century which reflect period attitudes toward Indigenous Arctic peoples. It is offered as a documentary artifact of polar exploration history and is presented for its scholarly and research value. CONDITION: Very Good. The paper stock remains bright with light, even age-toning and a few minor spots of faint foxing. Staples are firm and original with light corrosion. Light creasing to outer corners. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: PEARY BEFORE THE POLAR FAME-A MOMENT IN THE MAKING OF AN EXPLORER The booklet dates from a formative period in Peary's career, well before the North Pole expeditions that made him internationally famous. His 1891-1892 Greenland expedition had demonstrated that Greenland was an island and helped establish his reputation. Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, Geographical Society, and their members played an important role in supporting these early ventures. For the considerably larger 1893-1895 expedition, Peary again needed private support. Contemporary accounts record an extraordinary lecture campaign that raised approximately $13,000 toward the expedition, followed by the chartering of the Falcon. THE DATE MATTERS: The printed date June 1893 places the souvenir directly at the moment of departure. Sources differ slightly on the precise sailing date-June 23 and June 26 both appear in later accounts-but agree that the Falcon departed Philadelphia in late June. That makes the booklet particularly interesting as contemporary expedition ephemera rather than a retrospective souvenir produced after Peary's later fame. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE: The portrait of Koolootingwah and Tungwingwah also gives the piece documentary value beyond Peary himself. Greenlandic participants supplied knowledge, clothing, hunting techniques, dog handling, and other expertise fundamental to Peary's Arctic operations. Koolootingwah subsequently appears repeatedly in Peary's own expedition narratives. SUBJECTS: Polar Exploration, Arctic Expeditions, Robert E. Peary, Greenland, Photography, Sled Dogs, Indigenous Peoples. GENRES: Ephemera, Souvenirs, Pamphlets, Photographic Prints. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Not in Arctic Bibliography. An uncommon survival from Peary's 1893 North Greenland Expedition. One Institutional example is preserved in Peary-related archival collections, while only one comparable copy has been located in the current market.…

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8vo. pp. xxxii, 373. with half-title. 8 colour plates (incl. frontis.), 32 double-sided plates (with multiple illus.), large folding coloured map, & several text facsimiles. original decorative cloth, gilt, t.e.g. (extremities bit rubbed). Second Edition. Narrative of Peary's last expedition, 1908-09, on the Roosevelt, describing the passage through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, the wintering at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan, north of Ellesmere Island, and the march on the Pole, which was reached on April 6, 1909. Peary's record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908, but Cook's claim was disallowed, and most arctic scientists agree that Peary was the first man to reach the Pole. cfArctic Bib. 13230. cfNational Maritime Museum I 985. …

2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [xv]-lxxx, 521; 1 p.l., [v]-xiv, 625. profusely illus. with 9 maps (1 folding), portraits, plates (1 folding), & text illus. original cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed. First Edition. Including accounts of the reconnaissance of the Greenland inland ice in 1886, the North Greenland expedition of 1891-92, on which the insularity of Greenland was determined, the previously unknown shores of Inglefield Gulf and of Whale and Murchison Sounds were mapped, and a successful sledge journey was made across the icecap to Peary Land and return, &c., the North Greenland expedition of 1893-94, based in Bowdoin Bay, the North Greenland expedition of 1894-95, on which another icecap journey was made to Peary Land, and the summer voyages of 1896-97, describing excavations of meteorites at Cape York and cruise in Smith Sound. Arctic Bib. 13231. cfNational Maritime Museum I 980.…

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