. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. Henry Hudson. 40 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION of the same year he reached the body of water which we nowcall New York Harbor. Thinking it was the strait he wasseeking, he sailed up the bay and river as far north as thepresent city of Albany. During this trip Hudson madefriends of the Indians, who came out in their canoes to visithim. As the water was no longer salt and the stream wasgetting much narrower, Hudson knew that this was not the. The Half-Moon. long-sought-for strait. So he turned around and sailed back
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. Henry Hudson. 40 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION of the same year he reached the body of water which we nowcall New York Harbor. Thinking it was the strait he wasseeking, he sailed up the bay and river as far north as thepresent city of Albany. During this trip Hudson madefriends of the Indians, who came out in their canoes to visithim. As the water was no longer salt and the stream wasgetting much narrower, Hudson knew that this was not the. The Half-Moon. long-sought-for strait. So he turned around and sailed backto Europe. Later, Hudson, in the employ of the English, madeanother attempt to find a passage to Asia. This time hesailed in a northwest direction and discovered the bay whichbears his name. His crew, however, rebelled against himand turned him adrift in an open boat. Nothing more w^asever heard of him. 1 DUTCH DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS 41 43. The Results of Hudsons Voyages.—Hudsons failureto find the strait north of the Chesapeake made people ofEurope give up the attempt to find a passage through thatpart of the continent. Another important result of Hudsons first voyage v^as thesetdement of that part of America by the Dutch. Hudsonhad brought back stories of the profitable fur trade which could
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