Biography
 English sea explorer
 born in the late 1500’s in
England
 wife Katherine and sons
 Died in 1611
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The Three G’s of
Exploration
 Gold/ French gold: fur
 Glory : fame
 Gospel: spread the catholic
religion
Hudson’s first voyage
 1607
 His ship the Hopewell
 For Muscovy Company
(Russia)
 His job was to discover a
sea route across the Pole
 5 months April-September
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Hudson’s second voyage
 1608
 months since Hudson's
last voyage
 For the Muscovy
Company
 finding a passage to the
East Indies by the
northeast
 April- August
Hudson’s third voyage
 1609
 months since the last voyage
 Dutch United East India
Company
 Hudson searched for a
northeast passage
 Using a new ship the Half Moon
 Did they succeed?
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Hudson’s fourth voyage
part 1
 1610
 Using the Discovery
 Dutch United East India Company
 To find the northwest passage
 The ship was frozen in
 Did the crew revolt?
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Hudson’s fourth voyage
part 2
 1611
 Ship frozen in
 Hudson will not go home
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 Crew revolts and puts Hudson, son, & loyal crewmembers
in a rowboat and leaves
 The Discover returned to England
 But did Hudson?
Where did he go?
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Works Cited
 Davidson, James. The American Nation. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, Inc., 2005.
 “Henry Hudson's fourth voyage, 1610:
The northwest passage.”
http://www.3rd1000.com/history3/explorers/hudson
/hudson5.htm
 Parker, John. "Hudson, Henry." World Book Student.
World Book, 2012. Web. 21 Sept. 2012.
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