HENRY HUDSON

Who Is My Explorer?

• Henry Hudson was born around 1570 near London, England.
• Henry Hudson had one brother who died in 1601.
• Henry Hudson spent his life exploring on the seas.
• As a young boy he apprenticed on the sea and learned to sail.
• He grew up to be an English sea captain.
• He disappeared at sea in 1611.

What Did My Explorer Do?

• Hudson is famous for discovering Hudson Bay, Hudson River and the Hudson Strait.
• He sailed across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
• He made four attempts to find the Northeast and the Northwest passage to Asia but never succeeded.
• He traded steel and axes for gold and spices.
• On his last trip, his crew took over the ship and pushed Hudson overboard in a small boat with his son and a few sick men with no food or water.
• No one saw them again.

WHERE DID MY EXPLORER DO HIS EXPLORATIONS?

• He explored on the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans and in North America, present day Greenland, Europe, Asia and Africa.
• He even fought the Spanish in the sea
• He traded steel and axes for gold and spices in Africa and in the North Sea

WHEN DID MY EXPLORER GO EXPLORING?

• In 1607 he made his first voyage on a ship called the Discovery.
• In 1609 he went on his second voyage across the Arctic Ocean on a ship called the New Moon.
• He disappeared at sea in 1611

Why Did My Explorer Go Exploring?

• Hudson spent his life on the seas because he loved it.
• He wanted to find a Northeast and a Northwest passage to Asia because he wanted to trade steel and axes for gold and spices.

How Did My Explorer Explore?

• When he went exploring he needed a ship with lots of fresh water.
• He needed food, a ship with good sails and a good crew.
• He needed steel and axes to trade and a map, coat and warm clothes because life on the sea was cold.
• He also needed a compass and maps to find his way.

HOW DID THINGS CHANGE IN THE WORLD AFTER MY EXPLORER'S EXPLORATIONS?

• He changed the world because he mapped major landmarks in North America
• Now we have Hudson Bay, Hudson River and Hudson Strait

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