. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. THE name of Henry Hudson is in-dissolubly linked with the watersof the Western Continent, yet thegreater part of his life is wrappedin obscurity. He is supposed tohave been born about first certain knowledge ofhim which we have is his appoint-ment, in 1607, to the command ofthe Hopeful, a vessel sent bythe Muscovy Company on a voyage to discover the pole. On thefirst of May he set sail accompanied by his son and a crew oftwelve men; and after various adventures, through icy seasand regions intensely cold, duri
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. THE name of Henry Hudson is in-dissolubly linked with the watersof the Western Continent, yet thegreater part of his life is wrappedin obscurity. He is supposed tohave been born about first certain knowledge ofhim which we have is his appoint-ment, in 1607, to the command ofthe Hopeful, a vessel sent bythe Muscovy Company on a voyage to discover the pole. On thefirst of May he set sail accompanied by his son and a crew oftwelve men; and after various adventures, through icy seasand regions intensely cold, during which he touched at Green-land and coasted along the island of Spitzbergen, he arrivedhome September 15th, of the same year. On the 22d of April, 1608, Hudson made his second voy-age for the Muscovy Company, with his son and a crew ofthirteen men. This time he took tlie route formerly attemptedby Willoughby and Barentz, to find a passage by the north-east to the pole. This second voyage was as unsuccessful asthe first, and he arrived in England August 26, 1608. N
Size: 1431px × 1746px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidhistoricchar, bookyear1894
