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Henry Hudson

by Ashlee



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 Henry Hudson was born on September 12th in 1565 or 1570 in England. Researchers are not sure exactly. Hudson was a cabin boy and worked his way up to the ships captain. Henry Hudson was looking for the Northeast Passage. The Northeast Passage was this make believe passage to get through North America to get to the Pacific Ocean. Henry Hudson’s sponsor was the Dutch East Company in 1609. Also he was sponsored by the Muscovy Company in 1607.

On his 1st trip he left on May 1st with 10 crew members and a boy on a 80-ton Hopewell ship. They reached the coast of Greenland on June 13th and stayed there until the 22nd. When Henry Hudson was exploring, he discovered the Jan Mayen Islands, the Hudson River, the Hudson Strait, the Hudson Bay, and what is now known as New York City. Hudson discovered a strait and a huge bay. When he traded he traded with many native people.

On his fouth trip, he stayed to the north, finally reaching Iceland May 11th, the south of Greenland on June 4th and then rounding the southern tip of Greenland. On June 25th the explorers reached what is know the Hudson Strait at the northern tip of Labrador. Following the southern coast of the strait on August 2nd, the ship entered what is known as the Hudson Bay. In November Hudson’s ship got trapped in ice on the James Bay. Then the crew moved ashore for the winter.

In 1610 he went on another journey for the English. The Virgina Company funded his trip and his ship was called the Discovery. In the spring of 1611 the crew decided to kill him by mutiny. The leaders of the mutiny where Henry Greene and Robert Juet. Henry Hudson died in 1611 or 1609 in the Hudson River. Henry Hudson will be remembered for his great exploring of the Hudson River and what is know New York City.

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