Henry Hudson being an experienced English sailor, born in September of 1575, set sail to America for his third attempt. This time, however, no one from our native land, England, would support his expedition to America after knowing about his many failures. So Hudson therefore turned to the Dutch--one of England's main trading rivals.
Early this year, [In 1609] The Dutch East India company hired Hudson to explore the Americas for a Northwest Passage to Asia for direct trade. After his second two failed attempts, many of the other European countries had no high beliefs in him anymore and would not finance his, perhaps another failed, journey. To discuss Hudson's voyage, members of The Dutch East India company arranged a meeting. Many of the members were not in favor of Hudson's proposed plan--the director claimed that Hudson's journey was not a good invesment. But eventually, Hudson was funded for his voyage.
With this task, The Dutch East India company also supplied Hudson with 20 Dutch and English men, along with a ship called "Half Moon". High wealth was in near future for Hudson if he were to find this route. As Hudson began preparing, many of his friends such as Peter Plancius & Jodocus Hondiu tried convincing Hudson that no such route existed. Plancius believed that the Northeast passage was more likely. Even with the doubts of his fellow mates, they still helped Hudson create maps and prepare.
The crew set sail on April 4th or 6th. Hudson and his men sailed through a harsh journey and landed along the coast of Maine. The crew was able to repair parts of their ship with timber and traded with the Native Americans for supplies. They then continued to sail south, but found no entrance to a Northwest passage. The crew turned the ship back north and landed near the mouth of a New York river and began exploring on September 12, of earlier this year. Hudson was in high hopes that this was the Northwest passage, but as he sailed onwards, on September 14--he realized that the waters became too shallow and it was therefore, not the Northwest Passage. Hudson, being one of the first men to explore this vast river, he naming the "River of Mountains", of our fine colony, will in high hopes--return and find the Northwest Passage.
With this task, The Dutch East India company also supplied Hudson with 20 Dutch and English men, along with a ship called "Half Moon". High wealth was in near future for Hudson if he were to find this route. As Hudson began preparing, many of his friends such as Peter Plancius & Jodocus Hondiu tried convincing Hudson that no such route existed. Plancius believed that the Northeast passage was more likely. Even with the doubts of his fellow mates, they still helped Hudson create maps and prepare.
The crew set sail on April 4th or 6th. Hudson and his men sailed through a harsh journey and landed along the coast of Maine. The crew was able to repair parts of their ship with timber and traded with the Native Americans for supplies. They then continued to sail south, but found no entrance to a Northwest passage. The crew turned the ship back north and landed near the mouth of a New York river and began exploring on September 12, of earlier this year. Hudson was in high hopes that this was the Northwest passage, but as he sailed onwards, on September 14--he realized that the waters became too shallow and it was therefore, not the Northwest Passage. Hudson, being one of the first men to explore this vast river, he naming the "River of Mountains", of our fine colony, will in high hopes--return and find the Northwest Passage.
![Map of New York [& Other American Colonies]](http://www.nnp.org/nni/Research%20&%20Education/Maps_files/6.jpg)
