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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. ( / ˈpɪəri /; 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.
Jun 27, 2024 · 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.
A century ago, explorer Robert Peary earned fame for discovering the North Pole, but did Frederick Cook get there first?
May 2, 2022 · Robert Edwin Peary, called "one of the greatest of all explorers ," claimed to have been the first person to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
Dec 1, 2023 · American explorer Robert Peary’s ultimate goal in 1894 was to reach the North Pole, and it seems there was no end to the lengths he would go to get there.
Robert E. Peary was the most famous U.S. explorer of the Arctic regions. He may have been the first person to reach the North Pole. Robert Edwin Peary was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, on May 6, 1856. He grew up in Maine. He studied engineering in college and then joined the U.S. Navy.
Robert E. Peary was born May 6, 1856 in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He spent the formative years of his life in southern Maine with his mother, who raised him after his father's death. Peary graduated from Portland High School and then attended Bowdoin College (Class of 1877).
Sep 9, 2009 · It has been 100 years (and two days) since the New York Times announced that Robert E. Peary had reached the North Pole on April 16, 1909, making him the first man to do so. (News traveled much...
May 9, 2018 · The American explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) is famous for his discovery of the North Pole; he was one of the last and greatest of the dog team-and-sledge polar explorers. Robert Peary was born in Cresson, Pa., on May 6, 1856, but he lived in Maine after the death of his father in 1859.
Dec 18, 2016 · In 1906, legendary American explorer Robert Peary returned from an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole with an astonishing revelation: He had discovered a new continent, a giant island...
