Brittany and Kate

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Henry Hudson

• By
• Brittany and Kate

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Early Life

• Born 1565 in London, England
• Came from a wealthy family

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Exploration

• 1607- set out to discover a passage by the North
  Pole to Japan and China
• Returned to England because of bad whether
• 1608- sailed for the Dutch
• Passed New Foundland and Nova Scotia

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Details

• Reached the area of the Hudson river claimed it
  for Holland
• 1610- sailed to the Hudson strait but there were
  icebergs
• Ship became frozen in ice

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Details

• 1611- Hudson wanted to continue the voyage
• There was no food and many Indian attacks
• His crew mutineed

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Later Life

• His crew put him in a small boat with his son
  and 8 others
• On June 22,1611
• He was never heard of again