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2 days ago · English explorer Henry Hudson was born at the height of the age of exploration in Europe, as navigators hunted for new routes to Asia. Hudson's multiple voyages in search of a Northwest passage eventually set the stage for British colonial dominance in North America. Part of the "World Explorers" series.
4 days ago · When Henry Hudson sailed into New York City in 1609, he happened upon one of the world’s most impressive natural harbors. There, Hudson saw whales, otters, turtles, and countless fish.
5 days ago · The first gallery, Port City: 1609 to 1898, looks at the years from Henry Hudson’s first contact with the indigenous Lenape population to the consolidation of the five boroughs of New York...
4 days ago · Henry Hudson Park Monument. Image courtesy of Lev Wolfson. Ah, Henry Hudson, the English seafarer whose name graces so many of Riverdale’s features: Henry Hudson Parkway, the Hudson...
3 days ago · 1609 and all that. A different starting point was selected when the U.S. Department of State issued a press release in April 2024 to wish His Majesty King Willem-Alexander a happy birthday and the people of the Netherlands a “Fijne Koningsdag”: 1609, when Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon into what is now New York Bay.
1 day ago · The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
3 days ago · The May 22 date for National Maritime Day commemorates the daySavannahset sail from Savannah, Georgia to England. TheSavannahtransported both passengers and cargo. More information about the SS Savannah is here: . Restoration of the merchant marine after the disruption of the Civil War was a national political issue in 1872.
