Henry Hudson
English sea explorer and navigator, best known for explorations of present-day Canada and the Northeastern United States.
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His explorations laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the Hudson River Valley and English claims in Canada.[1][2]
Life and work
The HISTORY.com account states he married a woman named Katherine and had three sons: Oliver, John, and Richard.[1] He sailed on the Hopewell with ten men and a boy, reaching Greenland and Spitsbergen.[3][4] A second voyage in 1608 attempted an easterly route around northern Russia but was blocked by ice.[5] In 1609, the Dutch East India Company commissioned Hudson to find an easterly passage.[6]
After ice blocked that route, he sailed west and explored the river later named for him.[5][7] Historians have little certain information about Hudson's early years, with his birth date placed somewhere in the 1560-1570 range.[8][1]
What the cited sources add
Neatby's biography states that Hudson proved the trading potential of the Hudson River waterway.[9] The HISTORY.com editors report that Hudson's discoveries laid the groundwork for Dutch colonization of the Hudson River Valley.[1] Neatby's account describes how Hudson's patron Sir Thomas Smith and others financed the final expedition.[9] The "Impact" source states that Hudson traded with the Mohican Indians and brought back corn, tobacco, and furs.[10]
That same source notes that Hudson brought European diseases such as smallpox and influenza to Native Americans.[10]
References
- "Henry Hudson: Definition & Discoveries", HISTORY, 2023-06-06. facts only, no text reused. history.com
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: De Laet, "Nieuvve wereldt, ofte, Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien", Elzevier, 1625, p. 83; "Half Moon :: New Netherland Institute", www.newnetherlandinstitute.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Asher 1860, p. 1–22; Conway 1906, p. 23–30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Howgego 2003 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hunter 2009, p. 19–20 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Empire of the Bay: Henry Hudson", www.pbs.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Juet 1609 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Hudson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Howgego 2003; Pennington, "The Great Explorers", Facts on File, 1979, p. 90; Mancall 2009; Henry Hudson's entry in Encyclopædia Britannica; Butts 2009, p. 17; Howgego 2003; Mancall 2009; Mancall 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Neatby, "Hudson, Henry". facts only, no text reused. biographi.ca
- "Impact", Henry Hudson. facts only, no text reused. henryhudson11.weebly.com
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- Wikipedia: Henry Hudson (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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