A Negro Explorer at the North Pole · Character
Hugh J. Lee
Expedition member and assistant.
minor
Also known as Hugh Lee, Lee
First appearance: a negro explorer at the north pole
Hugh J. Lee shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Marched with Henson and Peary across the icecap of North Greenland in 1895; remained with Peary and Henson when the rest of the 1893 expedition returned to the U.S.
Hugh J. Lee first appears in 0002 a negro explorer at the north pole.
In I: Marched with Henson and Peary across the icecap of North Greenland in 1895; remained with Peary and Henson when the rest of the 1893 expedition returned to the U.S.
Later, in VI: Took the census of the Eskimo tribe in 1894, recording 253 individuals.
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