. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. irginia became quite contented with their newhomes, and there was no longer any doubt that the English wouldretain their hold in the new country. But what became of Captain John Smith ? Though he did notgo back to Jamestown he did not lose his love for adventure. Hewent on a fur trading expedition in 1614. Besides getting a goodcargo of furs and fish he explored the whole coast from Nova Scotiato Cape Cod, and made a map of it, which map he called New Eng-land. Thus this name was given to a part of the New World, whichstill retai
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. irginia became quite contented with their newhomes, and there was no longer any doubt that the English wouldretain their hold in the new country. But what became of Captain John Smith ? Though he did notgo back to Jamestown he did not lose his love for adventure. Hewent on a fur trading expedition in 1614. Besides getting a goodcargo of furs and fish he explored the whole coast from Nova Scotiato Cape Cod, and made a map of it, which map he called New Eng-land. Thus this name was given to a part of the New World, whichstill retains it. Smith then made two attempts to take out a smallcolony to that country, but both were unsuccessful. Then he laid hisplans for taking out a large colony and secured the promise of thetitle of Admiral of New England, when something occurred whichrobbed him of the glory of being the guardian protector of the north-ern colony as he had been of that of Jamestown. The rest of hislife was passed in retirement, and in writing out his died in THE VOYAGES OF HENRY HUDSON. 1607—1611. OU have heard the name of Henry Hudson, have you not?and you know that Hudson Bay and Strait, and theHudson River, are called after him because he was thefirst white man to discover them. But do you knowanything moie of this brave explorer than his name ?have you ever read anything about his daring voyages,and of the sad fate which at last befell him, after all hisheroic deeds ? As I am pretty sure this will be quite a new storyto you, I will tell you all about it. Among the many brave and adventurous spirits that helped inexploring the new world, there were few more daring than HenryHudson. Heinrich Hudson, the Dutch historians call him, for as adiscoverer he is claimed by both the English and the Dutch, as heserved in the employ of both governments. So little is known of the early life of Hudson, that there is somedoubt in what country he was born, but it is most probable that
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