A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . was generally sup-posed that there existeda more direct and lessdangerous passage bywater, from the Atlan-tic to the Pacific, thanthe route around CapeHorn. Among thosewho entertained this be-lief was Henry Hud-son,* an English naviga-tor, who, actuated by thedesire to become the for-tunate discoverer of sucha passage, if any existed,made four voyages to thecoast of In his third vovao-e, made in 1609, while sailinor in theservice of The Dut
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . was generally sup-posed that there existeda more direct and lessdangerous passage bywater, from the Atlan-tic to the Pacific, thanthe route around CapeHorn. Among thosewho entertained this be-lief was Henry Hud-son,* an English naviga-tor, who, actuated by thedesire to become the for-tunate discoverer of sucha passage, if any existed,made four voyages to thecoast of In his third vovao-e, made in 1609, while sailinor in theservice of The Dutch East India Company, he discoveredthe river which now bears his name. Having sailed up thestream to the head of ship navigation, and explored it in asmall boat for some miles further, probably as far as iVlbany,he returned to Europe. * Hudson made his fourth voyage in 1610. While in Hudsons Bay, a mutiny occurring among his men,he, with eight who remained ftiithtul to him, was put into an open boat and abandoned. Two ships wereafterwards sent from England to malie search for him, but no tidings of the bold navigator could ever I. New York.—Qukstions.—1. Who was Henry Hudson? 2. How many voy-ages did he make to the coast of America ? 3. What was his object ? II. 4. When did he discover the Hudson ? 5. In whose employ was he at thetime? 6. How far np the Hudson did he proceed? 7. What was his object? was the discoverer of the Hudson River? NEW YORK. 61
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