Henry Hudson

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Henry Hudson
Sponsoring Country(s) England and Netherlands
Henry Hudson
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Map of Henry Hudsons Birth Place
Henry Hudson was born in London, England
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Henry Hudson's 1st Voyage

• Started May 1st 1607
• Sailed on The Hopewell ship
• Hopewell ship was a bad boat-
• Small, crowded, worn out
• Sponsor Muscovy company- wanted him to find
  route to Asia
• Did not find Northwest Passage instead he found
  whales

A drawn picture of The Hopewell
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Henry Hudson's 2nd Voyage

• Sailed on Hopewell ship again
• They did not did trade route to orient this time
  either
• Came back August 1608

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Henry Hudson 3rd Voyage

• Sailed On The Half Moon-better boat
• Did not find Northwest Passage still

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Henry Hudson 4th incomplete voyage
Facts

• Mutiny
• Crew put him in a boat with his son and 7 other
  crew
• members to die
• Never found again
• May have died. Made friends with Indians, or
  killed by Indians
• No one knows

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Route 4 Voyage 4
Henry Hudson's 4th Voyage was incomplete. His
crew put him in a boat with his son to die.
Started London, England Destination North of
Québec Ended Not known
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Map of Henry Hudsons Voyages
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Reasons for Exploring

• Henry Hudson Reasons for Exploring
• He wanted to find trade route to Asia
• Passion for exploring (cabin boy when young)
• Wanted to become a famous explorer
• Be in all the history books
• Wanted to be a leader of a
• expedition

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Failures

• Trip 1
• Did not find Northwest Passage
• Instead he found whales
• Hit icebergs

• Trip 2
• Planned to sail northern coast of Russia
• Failed to find Northwest Passage again

• Trip 3
• Supposed to repeat last route
• Failed Dutch orders
• Found nothing again

• Trip 4
• Sail north of England west of
• Greenland
• Never came back
• Crew put henry Hudson in a
• boat to die

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Successes

• Success
• Found Hudson river, Hudson strait, Hudson Bay,
• Found whales on 1st voyage

(Henry Hudson did not have many success except
for the things that Were named after him)
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Named after Henry Hudson
You may think henry Hudson was a complete
failure. Look at how many things were named
after him. In a way, he was a success.
Henry Hudson Bridge, New York
Hudson River, New York
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson Bay, Canada
Hudson Straight, Canada
In the story Rip Van Winkle By Washington
Erving, the ghosts in the story are based on
Henry Hudson and his crew
Town of Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson Bay Company, (many locations)
Rip Van Winkle, By Washington Erving