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Sponsoring Country(‘s): England Netherlands Henry Hudson
Map of Henry Hudson’s Birth Place Henry Hudson was born in London, England
Henry Hudson's st 1 Voyage • Started May 1 st 1607 • Sailed on The 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
• Sailed on Hopewell ship again • They did not did trade route to orient this time either • Came back August 1608
Henry Hudson rd 3 • Sailed On The Half Moon-better boat • Did not find Northwest Passage still Voyage
Facts: Henry Hudson 4 t h incomplete voyage 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
Route 4: Voyage 4 Henry Hudson's 4 th 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
Map of Henry Hudson’s Voyages
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
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
Successes Success: • Found Hudson river, Hudson strait, Hudson Bay, • Found whales on 1 st voyage (Henry Hudson did not have many success except for the things that Were named after him)
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. Hudson Straight, Canada Town of Hudson, New Hampshire Hudson River, New York Hudson Bay, Canada Hudson Bay Company, (many locations) Henry Hudson Bridge, New York Hudson County, New Jersey In the story Rip Van Winkle By Washington Erving, the ghosts in the story are based on Henry Hudson and his crew Rip Van Winkle, By Washington Erving