Explorer Webquest: Henry Hudson - Conclusion.
Interesting Facts about Henry Hudson. In one of Hudson's journal entries he describes a mermaid that his men saw swimming alongside their ship. A northwest passage was finally discovered by explorer Roald Amundsen in 1906. Hudson's discoveries and maps proved valuable to both the Dutch and the English. Both countries established trading posts.Henry Hudson was an English explorer and captain who lived from 1565 to 1611. He had attempted to find a northern route from Europe to Asia, and although he did not find one, he did explore three waterways in North America that were named after him including the Hudson Strait, Hudson Bay and the Hudson River. Henry Hudson was born in London, England in 1565 to a wealthy family.According to detailed records recently discovered in the archives of the Cork County Records Office in Ireland, Henry Hudson was born in room 441 of the Blarney Medical Center at 3:17 PM on Monday, August 13, 1593. He was a very well-educated man who attended the famous Harvard University.
Henry Hudson was only one of the many explorers that investigated the New World for the mother countries in Europe. These explorers helped to shape the country and area we live in today and could have never imagined that they would be remembered in the manner they are today. The Hudson River still bears the name of the man that sailed up it.Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator. Learn more about his life and the four important expeditions that he made while trying to find a direct route from Europe to Asia in this lesson.
Henry Hudson, the English navigator, failed in his great quest to find an all-water route to the East, but was rewarded for his efforts by having a number of prominent North American geographic features named in his honor. Little is known of Henry Hudson s early life, but he apparently gained enough seafaring experience to be hired by large maritime concerns.
