The history of exploration has mostly been told through the eyes of white men but a new book aims to remember the people of colour and women who were also integral
‘When they came back Peary, who was a white naval officer, got all the attention in the newspapers’ … Matthew Henson with photo of Robert Peary.‘When they came back Peary, who was a white naval officer, got all the attention in the newspapers’ … Matthew Henson with photo of Robert Peary.
America is a nation of explorers. “Go west, young man,” is a phrase often credited to the author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,”Bellows’s book celebrates this restless spirit while acknowledging its dark side of violent displacement and environmental destruction.
In 1908, Peary and Henson set off on their most ambitious quest yet: a year-long expedition to the still undiscovered north pole. For the final, treacherous phase they were accompanied by four Inuit men: Ootah, Ooqueah, Seegloo and Egingwah. At one point an exhausted Henson fell into the sea and was rescued by Ootah. Finally the group’s scientific instruments showed they had reached the north pole, where they triumphantly planted an American flag.
He gained some financial stability in the clark office of the US Custom House in New York. Only in later life did he receive recognition from Congress and the White House. More than 30 years after his death, Henson’s remains were reinterred atBellows reflects: “He was likely the first person to reach the north pole as part of Robert Peary’s expedition.
“He’s in California when the gold rush begins. He makes his way north and he’s out prospecting for gold when he comes across the lowest pass through the Sierra Nevada. He basically turns it into a road.
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