Biography:Henry Hudson was an explorer and navigator in the early 17th century.
Hudson made two attempts to find a prospective Northwest Passage to China via a route above the Arctic Circle while in the employ of the Dutch East India Company.
While he didn't find the passage, Hudson did explore the region around modern New York and the river which now bears his name. Thus laying the foundations for Dutch colonization of the region.
It is presumed he died in 1611 after being set adrift by mutineers in Hudson Bay on his ship Discovery and never seen again.
1609-03-25 Henry Hudson embarks on an attempt to find northwest passage to Asia for Dutch East India Company - explores North America instead
1609-08-28 English explorer Henry Hudson is the first European to sail into Delaware Bay - names it South Bay
1609-09-04 Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
1610-04-17 English explorer Henry Hudson departs London, England aboard Discovery on his fourth, final and fatal voyage to discover a Northwest Passage to the Pacific
1610-08-02 English explorer Henry Hudson enters the bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay
1611-06-22 English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and seven others set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again
1938-01-06 Bronze memorial statue of explorer Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx, New York
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