Henry+Hudson+BK

Let me introduce myself I am Henry Hudson the exploer. I came from a rich family and I am also very well educated. My dad's company ( the Moscovy Company) is financing my first voyage. My job is to go over the North Pole to find a trade route to China. I have been given the Hopewell and twenty crew members. When I got into the Artic Circle I was forced to go back due to weather. Then word got out that I found a bunch of whales up there so now everybody is whaling up there. My dad's company financed my second voyage. This time I was to find a trade route to China over Russia. I had to go back because of weather again. Nobody wanted to finance my next voyage so I went to the Dutch. They gave me the same task as last time. I was given a ship called the Half Moon and twenty sailors. Then weather almost caused a mutiny. Instead of going back I went to the New World. I landed in Maine and traded with some friendly indians. I thought the natives were savages. Then I went to Delaware. After that I went to the Hudson River which was named after me. Then even though I was under a Dutch Flag I secretly claimed the land for Holland. I traded with the natives who came on board and one of my men was killed. Then I anchored in the New York Bay. It looked perfect for a colony. While exploring down the river I got in a fight with some savages. I decided it was time to go home. I landed in Dartmouth and was arrested for sailing under a Dutch flag. Then the Dutch sent ships to colonize the area. After my time in jail, my dad's company financed my last voyage. I was given the same task. I was given the Discovery. Then the Discovery started to freeze but I kept going. Then some crew members threw a mutiny. I was tossed into a small boat. We have arrived in England and Henry is dead. His dad's company says we should be hung. We were found innocent.

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