Matthew Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, holding a portrait of Robert E. Peary taken during an expedition to the North Pole / World-Telegram photo by Roger Higgins.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g07506
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New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Roger Higgins
Español: Matthew Henson ( 1866 - 1955) fue un explorador estadounidense que puede haber sido el primero en llegar al Polo Norte junto con Robert Peary en 1909. Sin embargo, algunos estiman que el grupo de Parcy se perdío en el polo y llegaron a unos 30 km. de su objetivo. Debido a que su piel era de color negro y su estatus de empleado de Peary, nunca alcanzó la fama de Peary en Norteamérica, donde el racismo aún era común.
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