(TRAVEL) Henson Matthew A A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

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IN SCARCE DUST JACKET (TRAVEL.) Henson, Matthew A. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. Frontispiece portrait and 3 other double-sided plate leaves. xx, [2], 200 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth with inset portrait on front board, backstrip lettering faded, otherwise minor wear; minimal dampstaining and wear to contents; in original illustrated dust jacket with minor wear and soiling; early owner's signature on front free endpaper. New York, 1912

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Matthew Henson made seven Arctic trips with Robert Peary from 1891 to 1909, most notably being credited as the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909. He fathered a son by an Inuit woman in 1906, and has numerous Afro-Inuit descendants today. He is also the great-great-granduncle of the actress Taraji Henson. Work, page 475.