Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Robert Peary across 5 places, from 1856 to 1920.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Peary was documented, and when
6 May 1856exact date
Cresson, Pennsylvaniaattested“Robert Edwin Peary was born on May 6, 1856, in Cresson, Pennsylvania, to Charles N.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1859year
Portland, Maineattested“After his father died in 1859, Peary and his mother moved to Portland, Maine.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1878 to 1879period
Fryeburg, Maineattested“From 1878 to 1879, Peary lived in Fryeburg, Maine.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1909year
North Poleattested“Speaking as a teenager to the San Francisco Examiner about Peary, Minik said: Peary eventually helped Minik travel home in 1909, though it is speculated that this was to avoid any bad press surrounding his anticipated celebratory return…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
20 February 1920exact date
Adams Morganattested“In 1914, Peary bought the house at 1831 Wyoming Avenue NW in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where he lived until his death on February 20, 1920.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
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Places Robert Peary is documented in
Adams Morgan1 presence · 1920
Cresson, Pennsylvania1 presence · 1856
Fryeburg, Maine1 presence · 1878
North Pole1 presence · 1909
Portland, Maine1 presence · 1859
Other places tied to Robert Peary in the record
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1885year
North Polementioned“As reflected in a diary entry he made in 1885, during his time in the Navy, he resolved to be the first man to reach the North Pole.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1885 to 1898period
New Yorkmentioned“1885–1898)] that had been taken to New York.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1886 to 1892period
North Polementioned“In the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–1892, Peary took the second, more difficult route that he laid out in 1886: traveling farther north to find out whether Greenland was a larger landmass extending to the North Pole.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
6 June 1886exact date
Greenlandmentioned“He sailed on a whaler to Greenland, arriving in Godhavn on June 6, 1886.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
6 June 1886exact date
Qeqertarsuaqmentioned“He sailed on a whaler to Greenland, arriving in Godhavn on June 6, 1886.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1891 to 1892period
Greenlandmentioned“No one except Henson, who had served on the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–1892, had experience of naval-type observations.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
1891 to 1908period
North Polementioned“Cook, a surgeon and ethnographer on the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–1892, claimed to have reached the North pole in 1908.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
6 June 1891exact date
Brooklynmentioned“On June 6, 1891, the party left Brooklyn, New York, in the seal hunting ship SS Kite.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Peary
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