6A+-+Hudson

=HENRY HUDSON= __ Introduction __= =Henry Hudson was on born on September 12,1565 he died on June 22 1611 in the James Bay. He was an English navigator. Hudson was well educated, he was one of the most experienced navigators of his day. He was hired by the Muscovy Company and the Dutch East Company. He had three sons with the names of John,Oliver,Richard. Also his wife name was Katerine.= = Purpose = =The purpose of his four journeys were to find the Northeast Passage,to China,and Japan, to find the Southwest Passage to the NY harbor,and the Northwest Passage sailing to find the Orient.= =__ Route __=

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Henry Hudson's first voyage was to North Pole and he sailed to Spitzbergen and Scandinavia. His 2nd voyage was sailing to Northwest over Europe. He sailed for the Dutch East Company. When he sailed over Europe he discovered two islands, "Jan Mayen" island and also " Novaya Zemlya". His 3rd voyage was south of the Americas. He ended up sailing south and found himself in the New York Harbor. That is how he got the Hudson river in New York named after him. After, he had his 4th and final voyage to try and find the NorthWest passage.They ended sailing into the Hudson bay and went even farther south to go into James Bay. HIs crew and Hudson were trapped in the winter ice. When the winter ice melted almost all of his shipmates were suffering of starvation and/or scurvy. Hudson wanted to keep sailing on and his shipamates mutinied and sent him, his son, and 6 supporters overboard adrift on a small boat. His shipmates that survived the winter ice sailed away back to England and Huson, his son ,and 6 supporters were never seen again.,====== = = =Hardships and Challenges= =Hudson lead an expidition by sea, with snow,ice,fog and currents of the Arctic waters.When he went for his expedition to the Northeast passage above of Europe and he got stopped by the Arctic Ice so he could not finish his journey and had to turn around and sail back to England.On his expedition to find the Northwest passag he was stopped by Actic ice in the Hudson Bay for all of winter. When the ice melted the few shipmates alive were diagnosed with starvation and scurvy and his shipmates mutinied against him so his shipmates sent him, his son, and 6 supporters on a small boat to find the NorthWest passage and they were never seen again.= =__ Interesting Facts __= =The name of his ships were called the "Discovery" and "The Half Moon". He was one of the last people to attempt to discover the NorthWest passage. Two of Henry's shipmates thought that there was a mermaid, but it turned out to be a sealion!= =__ Historical Contributions __= =Henry Hudson's historical contributions were that he had 3 places named after him the "Hudson Bay", the "Hudson River ", and the "Hudson Strait". What Henry Hudson did was that he sailed into the Hudson BAy and when straight down into JAmes Bay and was discovered them both.= = = = =

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=A book we used was Henry Hudson Some websites that we used were [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson][http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml|__http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml__]= ==