Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson’s Biography
Henry Hudson was born around September 12th 1570 or 1565, the exact date was unknown. He was born in Hartfordshire, England. Henry sailed with one nation, the Netherlands. His motivation was not to find something fancy, but it was to find a simple way to get to Asia. Henry Hudson and his crew explored many different coasts and regions. Some of the places they explored were, East Coast of Greenland, Spitsberg, Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware Bay. Henry didn’t have a very big crew on his hands because it only consisted of him and ten other men. The whole crew sailed on a boat called “the Hopewell” that weighed about 80 tons. Something that Henry Hudson was remembered or should be remembered for was that he was the first European explorer to sail up the Hudson River. Once he sailed accross the river, it was then appropriately named "the Hudson River"Unfortunatly, in the year of 1611, Henry Huson and his crew were thought to set out on a roe boat, without any food or water and they all were never seen again. 1611 is the year that Henry Hudson died.
Work Cited:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson - author=Asher, Georg Michael (1860). Title=Henry Hudson the Navigator. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 27.(visited this website on September 29, 2009),
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Summary of Henry Hudson
Some people might say that Henry Hudson was a bad person, and others may disagree. To me, Henry Hudson belongs in the “Explorer Hall of Fame.” Hudson did many good things including, sailing on explorations to figure out new things, helping people, etc. He treated the Native Americans very good as well. What he did was bring trade for them. To do that he traveled to wear the Native Americans were located and would trade with them for the things that each other needed or wanted. Another reason why I think that Henry Hudson deserves to be in the "Explorer Hall of Fame" is because he never gave up the attempts to travel on a certain route or find a certain piece of land. Henry Also discovered that there is no possible way to go north to Asia because if you do go north, then eventually you’ll hit ice, crash and die. I mean sure Henry Hudson has probably done some bad things in his day of living, but he is mostly recognized for the good things that he has done for the world and America, therefore he deserves to be in the “Explorer Hall of Fame.”
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http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com - "Henry Hudson." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2009 (visited on October 6, 2009)
Reflection
Today’s space expeditions seem to be much different than the expeditions from long ago around the 15th and 16th century. One of the differences between today’s space expeditions and the 15th and 16th century’s expeditions was that today we have much more technology. For example, the old explorers used to use boats or ships to get across the river or ocean, but today we use rocket ships that shoot into to get to outer space. In the 15th and 16th century, the explorers would go out to explore with many other people. Today, only about 12 or 20 astronauts go out into space together. One of the similarities about the two explorations is that both of the expeditions that they go on are very dangerous and could lead to death. For example, in the 15th and 16th century, the explorers could drown in the water, starve to death at sea or even crash into a big formation in the water. Today’s explorers could explode in the force of gravity coming back to the Earth, or even explode just from their take off trying to get to outer space.
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knol.google.com/k/edward.../the...cost...space-exploration/.../6 - author=Isarevich ,Edward, Principal at ETA Consulting. San Diego, CA (visited on Ocober 11, 2009),
www.articlesbase.com/.../englands-interesting-history-during-the-15th-16th-century-581706.html - Posted: Sep 28th, 2008 by Patel Devinder in London Title=(site visited on October 10, 2009)