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2007-02-04 11:22:48 · 4 answers · asked by STA-TOW 5 in Arts & Humanities History

davi c By who?

2007-02-04 11:33:08 · update #1

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henry hudson helped found a trading organization, and he was commisioned by this organization in 1607 to find a quick way from england to, what was known at the time as the islands of spicery, he tried a few times but failedin 1609 the dutch, east india company hired hudson to renew the attempt on its behalf (purpose was to find a shorter less expensive voyage to carry on trade with the orient)
The "Half Moon" sailed out of Amsterdam on April 4 or 6, and after a difficult journey along the coast of Norway and as far east as the bleak coast of Novaya Zemlya, turned west and headed for warmer climes. Reports claim that Hudson had a trying time with the crew, which threatened to mutiny, but persuaded them to help seek the alternative route to the lucrative spices.

The quest for the North-West passage led first to the coast of Maine where members of the crew went ashore and cut timber to replace the mast of the "Half Moon." They fished and traded with the Native Americans but continued south to the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. After Hudson decided they weren't entrances to the passage he was seeking, the "Half Moon" sailed north to the mouth of the Hudson River in early September.

2007-02-04 11:44:41 · answer #1 · answered by 0000 3 · 0 0

Henry Hudson was born in England in 1570 and died in1611. Not much is documented about his travels, but he set sail for the new world 4 times that we know of. He trained himself in sailing and eventually became the captain of his ship. It is said that he even sailed to Arctic. He was not thrown out of England, he chose to leave. He was a man of honor and a great explorer/

2007-02-04 11:51:09 · answer #2 · answered by Memere RN/BA 7 · 0 0

Henry Hudson was sent to The new world, In 1607, by the Muscovy Company of England - which had hired Hudson to find a Northeast Passage to Asia.

Hudson was an English naval explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. America did not exsist at this time.

His place of birth is Westhampton Beach, though he is sometimes said to have been born in London. He is presumed to have died in 1611 in Hudson Bay, Canada, after he was set adrift, along with his son, and eight others by mutinous crewmen.

In 1607, Hudson traveled just 577 nautical miles south of the North Pole and discovered what is now known as Jan Mayen Island before turning around and returning home in September. Jan Mayen Island later became part of the Kingdom of Norway. In 1608, Hudson made a second attempt to find a Northeast Passage, but was again forced to turn back.

In 1609 Hudson was again chosen by the Dutch East India Company to find an easterly passage to Asia. He was instructed to sail around the Arctic Ocean north of Russia, into the Pacific and to the Far East. Hudson could not continue his voyage due to the ice that had plagued his previous voyages, and many others before him. Having heard rumors by way of Jamestown and John Smith, he and his crew decided to try to seek out a Southwest Passage through North America.

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Halve Maen (Half Moon) sailed around briefly in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, but Hudson concluded that these waterways did not lead to the Pacific. Hudson then moved into New York Harbor and proceeded up what is today the Hudson River. He makes it as far as Albany, New York, where the river narrows, before he is forced to turn around, realizing that it was not the Southwest Passage. In fact, no Southwest Passage to the Pacific existed until one was created by the construction of the Panama Canal between 1903 and 1914. The native americans who relayed the information to John Smith were likely referring to the what we today call the Great Lakes.

Along the way Hudson traded with numerous native tribes and obtained different shells, beads and furs. His voyage established Dutch claims to the region and the fur trade that prospered there. New Amsterdam in Manhattan became the capital of New Netherlands in 1625. (it would change to New England in the Dutch wars, before becoming America 150 years later.


In 1610 Hudson managed to get the backing for yet another voyage, now under the English flag. This time the funding came from the Virginia Company and the British East India Company. At the helm of his new ship, the Discovery, he stayed to the north (some claim he deliberately went too far south with the Dutch), reaching Iceland on May 11, the south of Greenland on June 4, and then managing to turn around the southern tip of Greenland.

Excitement was high due to the expectation that the ship had finally found a Northwest Passage through the continent. On June 25th the explorers reached the Hudson Strait at the northern tip of Labrador. Following the southern coast of the strait on August 2, the ship entered Hudson Bay. Hudson spent the following months mapping and exploring the eastern shores. In November, however, the ship became trapped in the ice in James Bay, and the crew moved ashore for the winter.


A painting of Henry Hudson with his son and some crew members after a mutiny on his icebound ship. The boat was set adrift and never heard from again.
When the ice cleared in the spring of 1611, Hudson planned to continue exploring. However, his crew wanted to return home. Matters came to a head and the crew mutinied in June 1611. They set Hudson, his teenage son John, and seven crewmen loyal to Hudson adrift in a small open boat. The castaways were provided with no food or water and were clearly meant to die. Hudson was never seen again, although some claim that he successfully made his way as far south as the Ottawa River. Only eight of the mutinous crewmen survived to return to Europe, and although arrested, none were ever punished for the mutiny and Hudson's death. One theory holds that they were considered valuable as sources of information, having travelled to the New World.

2007-02-04 11:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0 0

What????? And there's no such thing as the English Kingdom (unless you live in medievil times, even then i dont think it was a proper expression).

2007-02-04 11:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by trickyrick32 4 · 0 0

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