Henry Hudson's Last Expedition
In 1609, Henry Hudson led the crew of the Halwa Man of the Dutch East India Company and attempted to reach Asia through ice near the northern outskirts of Norway. In mid-May, he reversed the route and on July 2 reached modern Newfoundland, and two weeks later landed on the southeast coast of Nova Scotia.
After robbing a local Indian village to supplement its supply, Halva Man headed along the coast to the south and reached Cape Cod on 4 August, and on 3 September - the mouth of the river, which today bears the name of Hudson.
Three weeks later, Hudson went to Europe and on November 7, 1609, arrived at the port of Dartmouth, where he was arrested by the British for sailing under a foreign flag. Thanks to the intervention of the Dutch ambassador, he was soon released and arrived in Amsterdam with a report, thanks to which the Dutch established their settlements in the mouths of the Hudson, Delaware and Connecticut rivers and on Manhattan Island a few years later.
On April 17, 1610, Henry Hudson set out on his fourth and final expedition at the head of the Discovery, outfitted with British Virgin and British East India companies, to search for the north-west route to Asia, bypassing North America.
May 11, he reached Iceland, June 4 - Greenland, and after three weeks - the bay north of modern Labrador. Sincerely believing that he had found his way into the Pacific Ocean, Hudson continued to move along the bay that bears his name today, but for three months Discovery was caught in ice in James Bay.
In the spring of 1611, when the ship was free of ice, part of the crew rebelled against Hudson’s intention to continue the expedition, demanding that he return. Unable to find understanding, on June 22, Henry Hudson, with his young son and seven members of the crew, was forcefully landed in an open rowing boat.
Only 8 of the 13 rebel crew of Discovery survived the return flight and were immediately arrested on charges of insurrection and murder. According to the testimony of one of them, navigator Abakek Priket, thanks to whom it became aware of the achievements of the last Hudson expedition, the navigator's boat tried to sail for Discovery for several days. But she fell behind when additional sails were raised on the ship.
The search for traces of Henry Hudson in 1612 by the expedition of Thomas Button on another attempt to find a northwest passage to India, did not give any results and his fate remained unknown.
After robbing a local Indian village to supplement its supply, Halva Man headed along the coast to the south and reached Cape Cod on 4 August, and on 3 September - the mouth of the river, which today bears the name of Hudson.
Three weeks later, Hudson went to Europe and on November 7, 1609, arrived at the port of Dartmouth, where he was arrested by the British for sailing under a foreign flag. Thanks to the intervention of the Dutch ambassador, he was soon released and arrived in Amsterdam with a report, thanks to which the Dutch established their settlements in the mouths of the Hudson, Delaware and Connecticut rivers and on Manhattan Island a few years later.
On April 17, 1610, Henry Hudson set out on his fourth and final expedition at the head of the Discovery, outfitted with British Virgin and British East India companies, to search for the north-west route to Asia, bypassing North America.
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May 11, he reached Iceland, June 4 - Greenland, and after three weeks - the bay north of modern Labrador. Sincerely believing that he had found his way into the Pacific Ocean, Hudson continued to move along the bay that bears his name today, but for three months Discovery was caught in ice in James Bay.
In the spring of 1611, when the ship was free of ice, part of the crew rebelled against Hudson’s intention to continue the expedition, demanding that he return. Unable to find understanding, on June 22, Henry Hudson, with his young son and seven members of the crew, was forcefully landed in an open rowing boat.
Only 8 of the 13 rebel crew of Discovery survived the return flight and were immediately arrested on charges of insurrection and murder. According to the testimony of one of them, navigator Abakek Priket, thanks to whom it became aware of the achievements of the last Hudson expedition, the navigator's boat tried to sail for Discovery for several days. But she fell behind when additional sails were raised on the ship.
The search for traces of Henry Hudson in 1612 by the expedition of Thomas Button on another attempt to find a northwest passage to India, did not give any results and his fate remained unknown.
