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Definition of Robert Edwin Peary
1. Noun. United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920).
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Literary usage of Robert Edwin Peary
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1. Leaders of the 19th Century with Some Noted Characters of Earlier Times by Evelyn Harriet Walker (1900)
"... Robert Edwin Peary THE EXPLORER OF GREENLAND He that shall endure unto the
end the same shall be saved. —Si. Matthew x -.22. ' j—I MONO the many men who ..."
2. The Great White North: The Story of Polar Exploration from the Earliest by Helen Saunders Wright (1910)
"FOR nearly a quarter of a century the name of Robert Edwin Peary has been closely
identified with Arctic work. No man in the history of exploration has ..."
3. Famous Living Americans, with Portraits edited by Mary Griffin Webb, Edna Lenore Webb (1914)
"... time alone can disclose what additional achievements may yet be credited to
Robert Edwin Peary. BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS North Pole. (Frederick A. Stokes. ..."
4. Little Visits With Great Americans by Orison Swett Marden (1904)
"Robert Edwin Peary. The Romance of Reality. Robert Edwin Peary, the brilliant
Arctic explorer, was born at Cres- son, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1856. ..."
5. The Story of Polar Conquest: The Complete History of Arctic and Antarctic by Logan Marshall (1913)
"... history and of his services in the employment of the government before he
began his famous explorations: Robert Edwin Peary is a Pennsylvanian by birth, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"Robert Edwin Peary, the American Arctic explorer, during his third Arctic expedition
for the discovery of the North Pole (1898-1902) rounded the north end ..."
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