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    Category Arctic;
    Author Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
    Title THE NORTH POLE. With introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. SAMPLE MOCK-UP BOOK
    Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
    Description SAMPLE MOCK-UP BOOK , a most interesting item; Original covers with proposed spine design on back cover. Comprises frontispiece of North Pole, Title-Page, Introduction, contents, list of Illustrations, 112 fine plates, Foreword (16pages), Appendix I, II, III, Index. Shelfware, bumped, edges fraying, all illustrations in good condition. American explorer Robert Peary's interesting account of his expedition from 1908-1909 to the North Pole, the expedition in which he claimed to have reached the Pole. This was a controversial claim and was widely debated alongside Frederick Cook competing claim. The debate continues to this day, with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole.
    Price £100.00
    Keywords qpolarq, polar, Arctic, expedition. S1-Arc
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