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Robert Peary

* 1856 in Cresson, Pennsylvania
+ 1920 in Washington, D.C.


   

Robert Peary

Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer and United States Navy officer
who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909.


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