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The World According to Matthew
2/25/2008
Assigment 20
- Matthew Henson was born in 1866 in Charles Country, M.D.
- Matthew Henson died in 1955
- He and his friend Admiral Robert E. Perry set out to find the North Pole
- The first time they went the weather made them come back, but the second time they went they met their goal.
- Henson's friend had to stay back because he was ill.
- Matthew Henson made his way to the North Pole.
- He not only found the North Pole but his place in history.
- Matthew Henson made it to the North pole and placed the American flag there
- He was the first, but not last, black man to go to the North Pole.
- Matthew Henson met Robert while working as a cabin boy on one of the China boats.
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