Henry Hudson

1. Henry Hudson

2. Who was Henry Hudson?
•English sea explorer
•Navigator
•Spent many years at
sea
•Hired by Dutch East
India Company to find
a passage to Asia

3. Looking for North West Passage
•Told to sail around Arctic Ocean to the
North of Russia
•Stopped by ice
•Tried to seek SW passage probably by the
Great Lakes
•His voyage established Dutch claims to
region

4. Halve Maen

5. Death
•Died 1611
•He and his son and 8 others were set
adrift on a small open boat with no food,
water, or weapons
•Intended to killed
•Mutinous crew
•Several of the crew were arrested but
never punished