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It is named for Henry Hudson, an English mansailing for the Dutch East India Company, who explored it in 1609. The Hudson River was originally named the Mauritius River, which is claimed to be the name given by Hudson in honor of Prince Maurice of Nassau. Alternatively, it is said to be the name given by Sixteenth Century European adventurers, explorers, and fishermen who knew the river as River Mauritius, 'The River of Mountains'.
The Hudson River was named after the explorer Henry Hudson who explored that area in the early 1600's for the Dutch.
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What are the four rivers that flow into the Hudson bay?
name four rivers flow into the Hudson bay
What are four rivers that flow into Hudson bay?
name four rivers flow into the Hudson bay
What are the two rivers in New York?
The East River and the Hudson River
Which of these rivers doesn't originate from a glacier?
Most rivers do not originate in India
Rivers that begin with the letter H?
Hudson.
What rivers are in New York?
Hudson
What major rivers are in the colony of new york?
The Hudson and Delaware rivers.
What did Charles the second of England grant to a large section of land whose rivers drained into Hudson Bay whose rivers drained into Hudson Bay?
It is posted by under the Hudson River
Rivers does not originate in India?
beas
What are the four rivers that border ny?
hudson
What rivers are New York?
The Hudson River.
Which two Chinese rivers originate in the Kunlun mountains?
The two rivers the originate in the Kunlun Mountains are the Huang Heand the Yangtze River
