1500's+Henry+Hudson+(GC)

=Henry Hudson was a very good navigator and sailor who named and explored Hudson Bay in Canada and the Hudson River in A= =merica. His quest was to find a shortcut from Europe to the Far East.= =Hudson was born sometime during the middle of the sixteenth century.= =Henry was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early sevnteenth century. The place and date of birth is unknown.= =Henry Hudson's first search for the Northwest Passage in 1609 was the discovery of the mouth of the Hudson River.= =Henry's main goal as an explorer was to find a Northern Passage to the Orient. He started his journey in May of 1607 and returned in September of the same year when his route was blocked by the Great Barrier Reef. After Hudson's discovery of Whales Bay, many companies started hunting whales. Henry Hudson was a very good navigator and sailor who named and explored Hudson Bay in Canada and the Hudson River in America.= = ﻿ = = By: Ayla and Aaliyah Sources: CyberSleuthKids Explorers on the Web, Henry Hudson by. Arline Bougeois Molzahn = 1. Henry hudson explored the Hudson river.
 * 2.Henry Hudson went on four vogages bewteen1607and1611.**
 * 3. Henry hudson heard of other stories about explorers and he wanted to do the same.**
 * 4.He sailed to places like Greenland and North America.**
 * 5.Henry hudson was born in England but nobody knows what year or day.**
 * 6.On April 23,1607 Henry Hudson and his crew set sail from London to start a new voyage.**
 * 7. Hudson explored, what is now New York City, while searching for a route to Asia**
 * 8. Hudson sailed for the Virginia Company and the British East India Company in 1610. The map of his voyage is below.**


 * ~ Henry Hudson ||
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