. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . ntown. By the way, said the professor after we wereseated, do you know that Hudson was very muchdisappointed with the re-sults of his expedition inthis neighborhood? Really? said Emilyin surprise. Yes. You see whenhe sailed from Holland inthe Half Moon he expect-ed to find a short route toIndia, the land of richsilks, precious stones, andother valuables, and when,on September 2, 1609, hefirst beheld the mouth of the glorious river that now bears his name, hethought he had surely found the path to the
. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . ntown. By the way, said the professor after we wereseated, do you know that Hudson was very muchdisappointed with the re-sults of his expedition inthis neighborhood? Really? said Emilyin surprise. Yes. You see whenhe sailed from Holland inthe Half Moon he expect-ed to find a short route toIndia, the land of richsilks, precious stones, andother valuables, and when,on September 2, 1609, hefirst beheld the mouth of the glorious river that now bears his name, hethought he had surely found the path to the he sailed past Manhattan Island without payingmuch attention to it, and after ten days arrived inthe neighborhood of the present city of the river became so shallow that he had tostop. He sent on a crew in a small boat, hopingagainst hope, but the men returned presently, re-porting that it was useless to go farther in thatdirection. Hudson then turned about with a heavyheart and drifted downstream, caring very littlefor the beautiful l)anks that lay on either side. The. Henry Hudson. 4 A LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK fact was that lie was interested in water, not inland. His employers, the East India Company, wereas keenly disappointed as he was, and they were un-able to follow np his discoveries, as their charter didnot permit them to visit countries bordering on theAtlantic for the purposes of trade. Wasnt it strange, remarked George, that somany years passed after Columbuss discovery be-fore any one visited these parts ^ ? As a matter of fact Hudson Avas not the firstdiscoverer, answered the professor. In 1524,John Verrazano, in the employ of the French, sailedinto Xew York Bay, wrote a description of it, andhanded it to Francis I, who w-as King of France atthe time. But the French were then at war, and sono attention was paid to the matter. One year laterStephen Gomez, a Portuguese, came here and carriedoff a quantity of furs, and some Indians whom hesold into s
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