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PEARY, ROBERT E. Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. 2 folding maps, plates. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear along the backstrip and front cover, with some faded spots along the outer edge; bookplate on the front pastedown (Joseph Chilberg). New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907
first edition. Peary reached a record latitude of 87º06'N on April 21, 1906 during his attempt at the Pole. In addition, his expedition mapped previously uncharted regions of the Ellesmere Island coast. Arctic Bibliography 13226.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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