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Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle...

Timeline of Events

1609

8.28.1609

Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.

9.11.1609

Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.

9.12.1609

Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the ''Halve Maen''.

9.13.1609

Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.

1610

8.2.1610

Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.

1611

6.23.1611

The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.