Henry Hudson was an English explorer who worked for the Dutch East India Company in the early 1600s. He embarked on expeditions to find a northeast passage to Asia, but is most famous for his 1609 expedition where he explored the river that would later be named after him, the Hudson River, while searching for the Northwest Passage to Asia for the Dutch. The expedition sailed on the ship Half Moon with around 20 crew members of Dutch and English origin. Though he failed to find the passage, Hudson mapped much of the coastline around present-day New York and New England. Little is known about Hudson's early life, but he had a wife and three sons in London before embarking on his explorations for the Dutch

1. Henry Hudson
By Hunter Woodward

2. Henry Hudsons work
Henry Hudson represented the dutch united
east India company. Henry and his
grandfather bolth worked for the Muscovy
company.

3. Interesting Facts
Little is known about Henry Hudson but all
they know is his lifespan1565

4. Facts
Henry hudson married a girl called
Katherine and they had three sons called
John, Richard and Oliver and they lived in
London

5. Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson approached the Dutch and
was sponsored to make an expedition to
once again search for a Northeast passage
north of Russia.

6. Henry Hudson
"The boy named Henry Hudson shall sail in
order to search for a passage by the north,
around the north side of Nova Zembla.

7. Henry Hudson
Hudson sales on a boat called the Half
Moon it was provided for the expedition -
the Dutch United East India company told
Hudson that if he had any complaints they
would find another Captain.

8. Henry Hudson
There were only about 20 crew members- a
mixture of Dutch and English.

9. Sailing
1609 April: Henry Hudson set sail in the
half-moon from holland sailing under the
the Duch flag.

10. Resources
henry hudson.com. (2007, march monday).
Retrieved april t, 2011, from henry
hudson.com.

11. Resources
henry hudson.com. (2007, march monday).
Retrieved april t, 2011, from henry
hudson.com.

12. Resources
Santella, A. (1996). Henry Hudson