Henry Hudson was a very good navigator and sailor. On
May 1, 1607, Hudson, his son, and 11 other crew members
sailed from England on the Hopewell. He and his crew went to
the north pole. In 1609 he moved to Holland and sailed for
the Dutch on the ship named Half Moon. In 1609 he set sail
from Amsterdam and headed north.
On his fourth journey from England on April 17, 1610, he
headed northwest, on the ship Discovery. He encountered
stormy weather. In August Hudson found a body of water which
he thought was the Pacific Ocean. The body of water was a
large bay, which eventually was named the Hudson Bay.
Hudson's crew wanted to get back to England. Hudson
would not let them leave. The crew was thinking of mutiny.
The ship was iced over and the crew took over. They decided
to put Hudson, his son, and the sick sailors into a small
boat, and they were never heard from again. This tragedy
occurred in 1611.
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