(ARCTIC) Suite of 18 scarce stereo views from the HayesKnorr

Sale 2191 - Lot 47

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(ARCTIC)
Suite of 18 scarce stereo views from the Hayes/Knorr polar expedition. Albumen prints on buff and yellow mounts, 2 are captioned, in pencil, on mount verso; one duplicate. 1860-1861

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Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes, a young physician from a Quaker family, organized a privately funded voyage to the Arctic in 1860, during which time he claimed to have reached the fabled "Open Polar Sea," a mythical ice-free zone in the high northern latitudes. A steadfast explorer who gleaned knowledge from native Greenlanders or Polar Eskimos, Hayes influenced the course of Arctic discovery. Cf. Douglas Wamsley: Polar Hayes: The Life and Contributions of Isaac Israel Hayes, M.D., 307.