Henry Hudson

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This paper looks at the life of Henry Hudson, the English navigator and explorer. It describes some of the voyages he made, his skills and failures.

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"Little is known of the early life of Henry Hudson, the English navigator and explorer during the great, Elizabethan age of exploration. Hudson is most famous for a series of four important voyages he made between the years 1607 to 1610 to what was then called the 'New World.' What is on record of these voyages was published as Hakluytus Posthumous or Purchas his Pilgrimes by the Reverend Samuel Purchas in 1625, a 20-volume set that included Hudson's own journals for his 1607 and 1608 voyages, and his incomplete journal for his final voyage of 1610-11. Reverend Purchas also included the 1609 journal by one of Hudson's crew members, the mutinous Robert Juet (Chadwick, 1997, "Henry Hudson: Hudson's background and early years,"). Little is revealed about Henry Hudson's character from Hudson's own journals. The journals contain few personal observations; rather they focus on the ship's speed, position and the conditions of the sea or weather"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chadwick, Ian. (1997). "Henry Hudson: Hudson's background and early years." Last updated: 20 Jan 2007. Retrieved 14 Jul 2008 at http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_00.htm
• Chadwick, Ian. (1997). "Henry Hudson's third voyage." 1997. Last updated 20 Jan 2007. Retrieved 14 Jul 2008 at http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_03.htm
• Panza, Kenneth. (2007). "Henry Hudson and early Hudson River history." Hudson River Maritime Museum. Retrieved 14 Jul 2008 at http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm
• "Who was Henry Hudson anyway?" (1996). The Half Moon. The Half Moon Press.Retrieved 14 Jul 2008 at http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm

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