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Henry Hudson was born in 1565 in England
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Henry starts his first voyage
His plan was to find a northern passage to Asia. -
During first voyage 1
Henry and his crew members were trapped because of icebergs. He did not find the way to go to Asia over the pole and he and his crew were lost at sea. -
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During first voyage 2
Henry discovers an island called Hudson's Tutches.
He returns with no other result -
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Second voyage
Henry starts his second voyage with the same goal as the first voyage but he fails again. -
Third voyage
Hudson becomes commander of Dutch East India Company and starts his third voyage with the same goal as the first voyage -
During third voyage
Hudson did not find way to go to Asia over pole but he did not returned and headed for North America and landed on present day New York. -
During third voyage 2
Henry met some native tribes at New York Harbor. Henry clashed with tribes and lost one man. He also discovers Hudson River. He returns with no other results but this makes Hudson interested about western passage. -
Henry starts his last voyage.
Aboard the ship discovery, Henry started his last voyage. He discovers Hudson Bay but they were trapped there because of icebergs. Also there was not enough food left. -
During Hudson's last voyage.
The condition of the ice was better and the ship could depart. But Hudson tried to explore more so the crew opposed. The crews left Hudson and few other crews and returned. Hudsons fate is unknown. Probably he starved to death or froze to death. -
Died
Henry Hudson died during his fourth voyage