<I>A Negro Explorer at the North Pole</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1912
name: label: Written by
content: Matthew A. Henson, American, 1866 - 1955
label: Written by
content: Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915
label: Written by
content: Robert E. Peary, American, 1856 - 1920
label: Published by
content: Frederick A. Stokes Company
label: Photograph by
content: Matthew A. Henson, American, 1866 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover first edition of A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, a memoir written by explorer Matthew Henson about his early 20th century international seafaring artic expeditions. There is a forward written by Robert E. Peary and an introduction written by Booker T. Washington. The book is protected by an off-white covered dust jacket.
label: Description
content: From top to bottom, with a halftone relief headshot of Matthew Henson, it reads: [A NEGRO EXPLORER / AT THE / NORTH POLE / By MATTHEW HENSON / With forward by Robert E. Peary / and introduction by Booker T. Washington / THIS IS the book of the foremost explorer of his race, the negro / who stood at the North Pole with Peary. / It is interesting not only because it tells of the noteworthy / achievement of a negro rising from great handicaps, / whom Peary trusted with many important responsibili- / ties, but also because in his own entertaining manner / Henson gives an extremely interesting account of the ex- / pedition, with sidelights on Eskimo life and Arctic cus- / toms, concerning which his knowledge is without peer. / It is a unique addition to the literature of exploration, and should stand / beside Peary’s “The North Pole” and Borup’s “A Tenderfoot with Peary.” / With 7 illustration from photographs. $1.00 net. / Publishers – FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY – New York].
label: Description
content: The spine of the book repeats the front cover title, author, and publisher information.
label: Description
content: There are 218 pages total, and seven black-and-white halftone-relief images depicting Henson, Eskimos, Camp Jessup, and the Roosevelt. The interior of the dust jacket features publisher advertisement synopses of Robert E. Peary’s books about the arctic. The uncovered book is constructed of a marled blue fabric featuring the same halftone relief headshot of Henson as on the paper sleeve. The title and author name are printed in bold white uppercase on the front cover and spine. The back cover of the book reads “NEW FICTION” at the top, below which are advertised three novels and their synopses, published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company of New York.
place: label: Place depicted
content: North Pole, Arctic
label: Place depicted
content: Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, Denmark, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Science
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.46.1
objectType: label: Type
content: relief halftones
label: Type
content: books
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/16 in. (19.5 × 13.4 × 3 cm)