The coming of the peoples . e him. Triumphantly, he sailed south-ward down this great sea (Hudson Bay) for overseven hundred miles until he came to its southernshore at 52°, almost the same latitude as Amster-dam. It is not surprising that the navigator shouldhave taken Hudson Bay to be a sea, for, withFox Channel, it is nearly as large as the Medi-terranean ; nor is it surprising that he should havebelieved it to open westward into the PacificOcean, for Hudson Bay is over five hundred mileswide, and lies west of the longitude of Peru. Hudson had hoped, by sailing southward, toescape the clutc
The coming of the peoples . e him. Triumphantly, he sailed south-ward down this great sea (Hudson Bay) for overseven hundred miles until he came to its southernshore at 52°, almost the same latitude as Amster-dam. It is not surprising that the navigator shouldhave taken Hudson Bay to be a sea, for, withFox Channel, it is nearly as large as the Medi-terranean ; nor is it surprising that he should havebelieved it to open westward into the PacificOcean, for Hudson Bay is over five hundred mileswide, and lies west of the longitude of Peru. Hudson had hoped, by sailing southward, toescape the clutch of an Arctic winter. When hereached James Bay, at the same latitude as Am-sterdam, he had reason to expect free water anda season not too rigorous. The climatic terrorsof a northern land-locked bay were unknown. Hewas soon to learn them. Floe ice and pack ice surrounded the haplessDiscoverie. There was no escape to the north,the frozen land lay to the south. From November3, 1610, to June 18, 1611, the ship was held THE HALF MOON A model of Henry Hudsons ship. The Half Moon. In this little ship scarcely largerthan a small yacht and with a crew of but 18 men, Hudson explored the coast fromMaine to Delaware.
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