Dr. Frederick Cook (1865-1940)
- Date:
- c.1908-1915
- Reference:
- MS.7486/12-14
- Part of:
- Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Dr. Frederick Cook (1865-1940): manuscript text summarising Cook's Arctic Expedition of 1894, to accompany photographs from the journey, n.d. (no.12); map contesting Cook's claim to have reached the North Pole in 1908, entered in the Library of Congress by the Peary Arctic Club, 1909 (no.13); pamphlet, "The North Pole Aftermath" by Congressman S.D. Fess of Ohio, attacking Cook's claim to have beaten Peary to the Pole, 1915 (no.14).
Publication/Creation
c.1908-1915
Physical description
3 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts