. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. HENRY HUDSON. 141 Bre fuUy satisfied with tlie zeal displayed by Hudson in this expedition; for we find him in 1G09 setting sail from tlie Texel under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, whose hopes of a northern passage had again revived. On the 6th May he passed the North Cape, and on the 19th came in view of Wardhuys, It may be remarked, however, that our countryman, tho
. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. HENRY HUDSON. 141 Bre fuUy satisfied with tlie zeal displayed by Hudson in this expedition; for we find him in 1G09 setting sail from tlie Texel under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, whose hopes of a northern passage had again revived. On the 6th May he passed the North Cape, and on the 19th came in view of Wardhuys, It may be remarked, however, that our countryman, though so excellent a navigator, is a most unsatisfactory writer. His narrative, amid vague complaints of fog and ice, ehows nothing distinctly but that he determined to repass the North Cape, whence he steered across the Atlantic to America. Forster says that he reached Nova Zembla,—an assertion directly contrary to the captain's own narrative, and inconsistent with the time spent in this part of the voyage. According to Constan- tin, the crew, consisting chiefly of seamen accustomed to sail to India by the Cape of Good Hope, were soon alarmed by the tempests and floating ice of the North. The truth is, the commander's own mind seems to have been fixed on north-western discovery. This ap- pears from several hints in his second narrative ; and he was probably inclined to content himself with a mere show of proceeding eastward, that, apparently bafticd, he might follow his favourite direction. He seems to have been impressed with the expectation of finding an open sea between Virginia and Newfoundland ; and in fact he discovered the important bay which receives the river, called after him the Hudson, and on which New York was afterwards built; but this lies out of our present sphere. The Russia Company, at a subsi^quent period, made some attempts to establish a factory on the Pechora; but after pereevering for two or three seasons, they relinquished the undertaking. In 1C76, Capt
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