A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . to found a colonyat the mouth of the Kennebec, Maine. But the winter was 58 THE ERA OF EXPLORATION. severe, and in the spring tlie lialf-starved and half-frozenemigrants gladly made their way home. In the same year the London Company sent out a colonywhich narrowly escaped a similar fate. It landed at a pointon James River, and founded at Jamestown the first per-manent English colony in America. 4. THE DUTCH EXPLORERS. Henry Hudsons Expedition.—Two years afterward, in1609, the Dutch made their first effort to explore
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . to found a colonyat the mouth of the Kennebec, Maine. But the winter was 58 THE ERA OF EXPLORATION. severe, and in the spring tlie lialf-starved and half-frozenemigrants gladly made their way home. In the same year the London Company sent out a colonywhich narrowly escaped a similar fate. It landed at a pointon James River, and founded at Jamestown the first per-manent English colony in America. 4. THE DUTCH EXPLORERS. Henry Hudsons Expedition.—Two years afterward, in1609, the Dutch made their first effort to explore the New World. They, had aflourishing trade withthe East Indies (Hindu-stan and the adjoiningislands), and it was witha hope of finding a west-ward passage to thatregion that Henry Hud-son, an Englishman inthe service of Holland,was sent across theAtlantic. In his little ship, theHalf-Moon, he enteredNew York Bay, andsailed up the Hudson,the river that bears hisname, to the head of tide-water, near Albany. He hopedthat this stream would lead him to the Pacific Ocean. In. The Half-Moon in the Hudson. The names James River and Jamestown were given in honor ofJames I. of England. The headlands at the rivers outlet were namedCape Henry and Cape Charles from the kings sons.
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