Letter, 1909 Oct. 11, to Albert Operti.

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Letter, 1909 Oct. 11, to Albert Operti.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237320640

Letter from Bensall (survivor of the 2nd Grinnell [E.K. Kane's] Expedition) to Operti, commenting on Operti's painting of Peary.

2 p. ; 12 x 22 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) 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. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...

Operti, Albert Jaspar Ludwig (American painter, 1852-1927)

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Operti was an artist who often depicted Arctic subjects in his paintings. He was a member of Peary's expeditions to Greenland in 1896 and 1897. From the description of Correspondence, 1886-1926. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352213 ...

Bensall, Amos.

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