Hudson river.
Hudson river.
He explored the area today we call the Hudson River Valley . That's why it is called that name.
In 1607 he sailed closer to the North Pole than any other explorer of his time, looking for the Northwest Passage to the Far East. On his fourth journey in 1610 he explored an icy strait, and sighted a large body of water that he thought was the Pacific Ocean, it was actually Hudson Bay.
is it because he dicovered the hudson river,hudson bay,and the hudson strit
Today 10-29-2012.
The name of the Dutch colony on the Hudson River was "New Netherland". Its principal port at the mouth of the river was "New Amsterdam", known today as New York City.
He traveled to the East Coast of America or the "New World", also what is today's New York.
Henry Hudson was an English sailor who explored a river and a bay that bear his name today.
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Hudson's name and fame are mostly based on the fact that a great river and bay are named after him. But as an explorer he wasn't much of a success. He was first sent out by the Dutch to find a nothern passage to the East around Siberia. He quickly got stuck there and turned instead to the west, seeing if he could find a northern passage above north America. He got stuck in the ice there as well and returned empty-handed. In a second attempt to find a north-western route, he sailed into the bay that was to have his name later on. Native tribes informed him that at the end of the bay he could sail up a river that would lead him to another ocean. It later transpired that they mistook the great lakes for an ocean. After having wintered in the region he wanted to press on, but his crew mutinied and cast him adrift in a sloop. Nothing was heard of him again. In his search for a passage he did however explore much of the northeastern Atlantic coast.
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He became famous because he sailed from Quebec all the way to what we call today the Hudson river.