October 12th Rare Autograph & Document Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/12/2023
MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE. Signed by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907 - 1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy signed and inscribed in front.
Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 – August 5, 1940) was an American explorer, physician, and ethnographer who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a year later by Robert Peary, though both men's accounts have since been fiercely disputed;
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Dr. Frederick A. Cook Signed Book
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