HENRY HUDSON

HENRY WANTED TO FIND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE TO INDIA

HUDSON HAD A FAMILY

• They had three boys named John, Oliver, and Richard.
• His wife was named Katherine.

HUDSON HAD A ROUGH CHILDHOOD

HUDSON'S JOURNAL

HENRY WAS WELL EDUCATED HE STUDIED:

• Cartography
• Mathematics
• Astronomy
• Navigation
• And seamanship

HENRY GREW UP IN LONDON

BORN/DIED

• Historians know very little about his youth
• It is likely that his family was wealthy
• His grandpa founded a trading company
• It was called

HENRY'S GRANDFATHER

• His grandpa name was also Henry Hudson
• He had been a member at the merchant adventures
• Witch would later be called Muscovy Company
• Witch is founded by the navigator and explorer Sebastian Cabot
• With the help of his grandpa and a numbers of London merchants

A STORY ABOUT HENRY HUDSON

• In November 1610, the Hudson's ship was stuck
• His crew wanted to go back to England
• But Henry insisted that they staid
• After a while the crew was thinking mutiny
• They a banded Hudson, his son, and seven others

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