henry hudson

     

Henry Huson (1565? – 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century.

Trivia about henry hudson

  • In 1611 Henry Greene led a successful mutiny against this captain, but soon after was killed by Eskimos
  • In 1611 this captain of the Discovery couldn't keep his mutinous crew at "Bay"
  • On this man's 1610 Nothwest Passage hunt, he took the Discovery down a bay & a strait now named for him
  • He explored Greenland in 1607, 2 years before exploring the Albany, New York area
  • This explorer sailed to North America on 3 different ships: the Hopewell, Half Moon & Discovery
  • He was hoping the river named for him would lead him to the Pacific, but he only got to Albany
  • The Ungava Peninsula of Quebec juts into a bay & strait named for this explorer
  • In 1610 he thought the huge North American bay now named for him was the Pacific Ocean
  • In 1607, he sailed further north than anyone before him, reaching Spitsbergen, 700 mi. from the Pole
  • Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
  • In 1610 he set sail on his ship the Discovery; a strait & bay would later be named for him
  • The Dutch East India Company sponsored his 1609 search for the Northwest Passage
  • Sailed the Hopewell along Greenland's east coast in 1607
  • After hoarding food rations, he & his son were kept at bay, literally, by mutineers who set them adrift in 1611