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Henry Hudson Notes

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1. Henry Hudson was an ___________________ explorer and _____________________ who explored parts of the ___________________ Ocean and _______________________ North America. The __________________ River, the Hudson ___________________ and ___________________ Bay are named for him.

2. Little is known about Hudson’s early life. He was _____________________ a trading company in ______________, to find a ______________________ from Europe to ___________________. Hudson made _______________ trips, but __________________ to find a route to _____________________.

3. Hudson was then hired by the Dutch ___________ India _________________ in 1609, to find a ____________________ Passage farther south. On this trip in a ship called the ____________________, Hudson sailed to ________________________________ and then sailed __________________. He found what is now called the Hudson ____________________.

4. Hudson is also credited with discovering the location of what is now ________________________________. Hudson sailed into New York’s ____________________ and noted it was an __________________ harbor. Hudson sailed up the _______________ about 150 ________________ and noted the abundance of rich __________________, but noticed that his was not a waterway to ______________________. His reports resulted in many Dutch ____________________ in this area.

5. The trip in 1610-1611 through _________________ Bay and into Hudson _________________ ended in a ___________________. Hudson died in ________________ after his crew mutinied and left Hudson, his ____________and seven ________________ members in a small _________________ in Hudson _________________.