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Mercator's World Online - English
URL: http://www.mercatormag.com/article.php3?i=61

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The Ghost of Henry Hudson By Douglas McNaughton.

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From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The United States of America and the Netherlands: Henry Hudson: an Englishman in Dutch service (2/14) - English
URL: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/newnetherlands/nl1.htm

In the summer of 1609 the ship the "Halve Maan" (Half Moon) sailing under Captain Henry Hudson under the flag of the Dutch East India Company searched in vain for a western passage to the East Indies. Using the maps of the Amsterdam cartographer Jodocus Hondius he had been searching for a Northern route through the ice.

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Henry Hudson, the Half Moon, and the Exploration of the Hudson River Valley - English
URL: http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm

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Henry Hudson was already a famous explorer of Arctic waters when in 1608 he was hired by the Dutch East India Company to find a Northeast, all-water route to Asia. The Dutch East India Company had a monopoly on trade with the Orient and which wanted to shorten the lengthy and expensive voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. They provided him with an 80-ton ship, the Half Moon, and a crew consisting of 20 Dutch and English sailors.

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HALF MOON @ Henry Hudson sailing ship - English
URL: http://www.schoonerman.com/halfmoon.htm

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The HALF MOON was owned by Dutch East India Company and sailed by Henry Hudson.. Hudson sailed northeast in April 1609. When blocked by ice, he disregarded explicit orders and sailed his ship, the Half Moon, across the Atlantic to search for a Northwest Passage. On this voyage he sailed up the Hudson River as far as Albany, thus giving the Dutch their claim to the area. Stopping in England on the way back to Holland he and all of the other englishmen were detained and forbidden to serve the dutch.

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Ian Chadwick's Biography of Henry Hudson, 17th century explorer - English
URL: http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/

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This is a collection of data about, and a chronology of the life and voyages of English explorer, mariner and adventurer, Henry Hudson, as well as some additional notes on his times, contemporaries and his crew. it was compiled from numerous sources by Ian Chadwick, 1997-2001.

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Henry Hudson Explorer of the Hudson River -- By The Half Moon Press - English
URL: http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm

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Who was Henry Hudson Anyway? And What Happened to Him? Henry Hudson was an Englishman, possibly the grandson of a London alderman who helped found a trading organization, the Muscovy Company.

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The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia - English
URL: http://www.mariner.org/age/hudson.html

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Henry Hudson was an Englishman and accomplished navigator and sailor. It is unknown where and when he was born, but his four ocean voyages put his name on several places on the global map. On May 1, [1607], Hudson set sail from England aboard the Hopewell with his son and 11 crew members. He and his crew sailed closer to the North Pole than any other explorers. He was looking for a Northwest Passage to the Orient and found there was no way through the North Pole. He eventually returned to England.

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Hudson, Henry - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824435.html

1607–11, English navigator and explorer. He was hired (1607) by the English Muscovy Company to find the Northeast Passage to Asia. He failed, and another attempt (1608) to find a new route was also fruitless. Engaged (1609) for the same purpose by the Dutch East India Company, he sailed in the Half Moon to Spitsbergen, where extreme ice and cold brought his crew near mutiny.

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Baffin, William - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0805728.html

British arctic explorer. He was pilot on two expeditions (1615–16) sent out to search for the Northwest Passage under command of Robert Bylot, who was formerly with Henry Hudson. The first expedition vainly tried to find a channel in Hudson Bay N of Southampton Island.

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Baffin, William - English
URL: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0805728.html

British arctic explorer. He was pilot on two expeditions (1615–16) sent out to search for the Northwest Passage under command of Robert Bylot, who was formerly with Henry Hudson.

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1Up Info - Baffin, William (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/B/Baffin-W.html

1584–1622, British arctic explorer. He was pilot on two expeditions (1615–16) sent out to search for the Northwest Passage under command of Robert Bylot, who was formerly with Henry Hudson. The first expedition vainly tried to find a channel in Hudson Bay N of Southampton Island. The second attempt, NW through Davis Strait, led to exploration of what was later called Baffin Bay and the northeast shore of Baffin Island.

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Henry Hudson - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml

Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay are named for Hudson.

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Block, Adriaen (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/B/Block-Ad.html

1610–24, Dutch navigator. Eager to establish a fur trade with the Native Americans, Amsterdam merchants sent (1613) Block and another Dutch navigator to explore the region discovered by Henry Hudson. After wintering near Albany, Block sailed from the Hudson into Long Island Sound (1614), which he may have been the first European to enter, coming in through the East River passage that he named Hellegat (Hell Gate).

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1Up Info - Hudson, Henry (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/H/HudsonH.html

1607–11, English navigator and explorer. He was hired (1607) by the English Muscovy Company to find the Northeast Passage to Asia. He failed, and another attempt (1608) to find a new route was also fruitless. Engaged (1609) for the same purpose by the Dutch East India Company, he sailed in the Half Moon to Spitsbergen, where extreme ice and cold brought his crew near mutiny. Hudson, determined not to lose his reputation as an explorer, disregarded his instructions and sailed westward hoping to find the Northwest Passage.

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Гудзон Генри - Russian
URL: http://www.zoohall.com.ua/findex.php?page=http://zoohall.com.ua/leftframes/ecolo

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Гудзон направился сначала на север вдоль восточных берегов Гренландии, но наткнулся на ледяной барьер и, повернув на восток вдоль кромки льдов, вышел к островам Ньюланд (теперь Шпицберген). Здесь ему удалось пройти до 80° северной широты. Вернувшись в Англию, он рассказал о возможностях охоты на китов на Крайнем Севере и этим способствовал развитию английского китобойного промысла в районе Шпицбергена.

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