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Henry Hudson (c.1565 - 1611)
"For when we were at Nova Zembla on the 6th of July, void of hope of a Northeast Passage... I therefore resolved to use all means I could to sail to the northwest."
Henry Hudson was one of the most prominent of the Northwest Passage seekers. Funded by the English and then the Dutch East India Company, Hudson made three voyages into the north Atlantic in search of a navigable pass. In his travels he discovered and followed the Hudson River toward modern-day Albany, New York.

In 1610, Hudson and his crew entered Hudson Strait, but the passage still eluded them. Frustration, physical hardship, and the onset of winter prompted the crew to mutiny in 1611. Hudson, his son, and several crew members beset with scurvy were set adrift, never to be seen again.
Articles:
Into the Great Bay
Source:
Beaver; Aug/Sep99, Vol. 79 Issue 4, p8, 8p, 7 maps, 2c, 1bw
Accession Number:
2116042
Lexile:
1280
Database(s):
MAS Ultra - School Edition, Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-Public Library Edition,
History Reference Center
The Mutiny
Source:
Henry Hudson: Ill-fated Explorer of North America's Coast, 2000, p50
Accession Number:
9204060
Lexile:
1040
Database(s):
History Reference Center
Looking for Henry Hudson
Source:
Smithsonian; Oct99, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p100, 10p, 5c
Accession Number:
2311582
Lexile:
1100
Database(s):
MAS Ultra - School Edition, Canadian Reference Centre, History Reference Center,
MAS Ultra-Public Library Edition, Middle Search Plus