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After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson
Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its
captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his
teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open
boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again.
Two years earlier, in 1609, Hudson sailed to the Americas to
find a northwest passage to Asia after repeatedly failing in his
efforts to find a northeast ocean passage. Exploring the North
American coast, he entered the present-day Chesapeake,
Delaware and New York bays, and then became the first European
to ascend what is now called the Hudson River. His voyage,
which was financed by the Dutch, was the basis of Holland's
later claims to the region.
His fourth expedition, financed by adventurers from England,
set out from London on April 17, 1610. Sailing back across the
Atlantic, Hudson resumed his efforts to find the northwest passage.
Between Greenland and Labrador he entered the present-day
Hudson Strait and by it reached Hudson Bay. After three months
of exploration, the Discovery was caught too far from open sea
when winter set in, and in November Hudson's men were forced
to haul it ashore and set up a winter camp. Lacking food or supplies,
the expedition greatly suffered in the extreme cold. Many of the
crew held Hudson responsible for their misfortune, and on
June 22, 1611, with the coming of summer, they mutinied against
him. The Discovery later returned to England, and its crew was
arrested for the mutiny. Although Henry Hudson was never seen
again, his discoveries gave England its claim to the rich Hudson
Bay region.
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