# Commander Robert E. Peary — A Negro Explorer at the North Pole character guide

> Commander Robert E. Peary in A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew Henson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Peary, Robert E. Peary

**First appearance:** 0002-a-negro-explorer-at-the-north-pole

## Who they are

Leader of the North Pole expedition, the central figure of the narrative.

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