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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 present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States.
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 ...
Date Person(s) Age Missing from Circumstances Ref. c. 1971 Francis Brenton: 44 Atlantic Ocean Brenton, an English writer, explorer and adventurer who travelled around the world, mostly around the Americas and Africa, supposedly disappeared c. 1971 while sailing back to England. [228] 16 October 1972 Hale Boggs: 58 Gulf of Alaska
1.5 Date unknown. 2 Births. ... Explorer Henry Hudson and eight of his crew are abandoned at Hudson Bay after mutiny ... May 9 – At the age of 16, ...
On April 4, 1609, Henry Hudson, in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, departed Amsterdam in command of the ship Halve Maen (Half Moon). On September 3 he reached the estuary of the Hudson River. [12] He sailed up the Hudson River to about Albany near the confluence of the Mohawk River and the Hudson. His voyage was used to establish ...
Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator. Henry Hudson may refer to: Henry Hudson (artist) (born 1982), British artist; Henry E. Hudson (born 1947), United States district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; Henry Louis Hudson (1898–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
The Henry H. Hudson Memorial Trophy goes to the winner of the Astronaut-Titusville high school ... He died June 8, 1972, at the age of 83, and the series between the schools started in the fall. ...
Henry Kelsey (c. 1664 – 1 November 1724) was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. He is the first recorded European to have visited the present-day provinces of Saskatchewan and, possibly, Alberta , as well as the first to have explored the Great Plains ...