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Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
Map of Hudson's voyages to North America. After two failed attempts to reach East Asia by circumnavigating Siberia , Henry Hudson sailed west in 1609 under the Dutch East India Company . He, too, passed Cape Cod , Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware Bay , instead sailing up the Hudson River on September 11, 1609 in search of a fabled connection to ...
Henry H. Hudson, the Man The easy part was finding the history. Hudson was publisher of the Star-Advocate for 47 years, having moved to Titusville in 1925, buying a majority of what was then the ...
NY400: Holland on the Hudson was the 2009 commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's 1609 expedition up the river bearing his name, that later provided the basis for the founding of New Netherland. [1] [2] The peak of activity in New York City was NY400 Week, September 8-13. [3]
Abacuk Pricket was the navigator of the Discovery on the fourth voyage of captain Henry Hudson.He was one of the mutineers who set Hudson adrift along with his teenage son John, and seven crewmen in a small boat, and then returned to England, eventually being one of only eight sailors who made it back to England alive. [1]
Half Moon is a replica of Halve Maen, the famed ship that English mariner Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River in 1609. The ship was constructed between 1988 and 1989 at the Snow Dock in Albany, New York, its construction commissioned by Dr. Andrew Hendricks. [1]
Ten of Obama's greatest accomplishments. When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his campaign slogan was "Change we can believe in." He ran on the platform that called for the country to come ...