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Keywords: explorers
Historical Items Showing 3 of 190 View All
Item 28768
Title: Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Maine State Museum
Date: circa 1909
Media: Photograph print
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Item 6416
Title: Mount Ktaadn from W. Butterfield's near the Grand Schoodic Lake
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1836
Media: Ink on paper
Exhibits Showing 3 of 10 View All
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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner Bowdoin, which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
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Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project
Highlights of Biddeford history presented by McArthur Public Library, Biddeford Historical Society, and Biddeford High School’s Project ASPIRE class. The site explores shipbuilding, the Civil War homefront, women’s clubs, influential residents, and some of the city’s famous artists and inventors.