Matthew Henson, The Great African American Explorer and his contributions...

Send us a text Matthew Henson, The Great African American Explorer and his contributions... Why is Matthew Henson so important? Matthew Henson was an African American explorer best known as the co-discoverer of the North Pole with Robert Edwin Peary in 1909. “The lure of the arctic is tugging at my heart. To me the trail is calling! The old trail, the trail that is always new.” ~Matthew Henson Matthew Alexander Henson, (born August 8, 1866, Charles county, Maryland, U.S.—died March 9, 1955, ...