Henry Hudson was an English explorer born in 1565 who made four voyages trying to find the Northwest Passage between Europe and Asia. In 1609, while exploring for the Dutch East India Company, he sailed up the river that now bears his name and discovered the Hudson River and Hudson Bay. His exploration of the Arctic failed to find the passage, and in 1611 his crew mutinied and set Hudson adrift in Hudson Bay, where he died. Hudson is remembered for his courage and persistence in undertaking dangerous Arctic voyages to further geographical knowledge.