A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . ips to catch them. The next year the brave Hudson tried to pass between Spitz-berg-en and Nova ^ -—- Zembla [no-vah zem-blah], but he was again turned back by the walls of ice that fence in the frozen pole. By this time the Muscovy Company was discouraged,and gave up trying to get to India by going roundthe north of Europe. They thought it better to makemoney out of the whale fishery that Hudson had in Holland there was the Dutch East India Com-pany, which sent ships round Africa to I
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . ips to catch them. The next year the brave Hudson tried to pass between Spitz-berg-en and Nova ^ -—- Zembla [no-vah zem-blah], but he was again turned back by the walls of ice that fence in the frozen pole. By this time the Muscovy Company was discouraged,and gave up trying to get to India by going roundthe north of Europe. They thought it better to makemoney out of the whale fishery that Hudson had in Holland there was the Dutch East India Com-pany, which sent ships round Africa to India. They hadheard of the voyages of Hudson,who had got the name of thebold Englishman. The DutchCompany was afraid that theEnglish, with Hudsons help,might find a nearer way bythe north, and so get thetrade away from them. Sothey sent for the bold Eng-lishman, and hired him to findthis new route for them. Hudson left Amsterdam in1609 in a yacht called The HalfMoon. He sailed round Nor-way and found his old enemy the ice as bad as ever aboutNova Zembla. Just before leaving home Hudson had re-. THIS MAP SHOWS THE WAY TO (NDIA ANDCHINA BY THE SOUTH, AND HOW HUD-SON TRIED TO REACH THOSE LANDS BYSAILING AROUND BY THE NORTH. HENRY HUDSON. 45
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