Henry Hudson
By: Logan Kilkenny
Who is Henry Hudson?
Henry Hudson was a famous English sea explorer and navigator in the 17th century. He also married a girl Katherine and they had three sons John, Richard and Oliver. Hudson was born in 1565 and died in 1611 by the bay now known as Hudson Bay.
A painting of Henry Hudson
This was Henry Hudsons ship "The Hopewell"
This is when Hudson meets the natives
What Did he do?
Hudson was a English explorer/sailor. His first boat was named the Hopewell and his second was the Half moon. In one of Hudson's journal entries he describes a mermaid that his men saw swimming alongside their ship.