Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. - Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Various
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passage which led him, in September, 1609, into the harbor of New
York and up the river named after him. In the following year he sailed again from Holland, seeking a northwest passage and thus entered Hudson Bay. Here he spent the winter. In the following June, when about to return home, the crew mutinied; Hudson, and eight others, were seized, bound and set afloat in a small boat that was never heard from again. [2] Sandy Hook. [3] Probably Staten Island. [4] Coney Island. [5] The Narrows. [6] Moulton, in his "History of New York," inclines to the view that this point was near what is now known as Manhattanville in New York City. [7] This was in the neighborhood of Stony Point. [8] The Catskill Mountains. [9] The neighborhood of Albany. [10] Moulton's view is that this encounter took place near Fort Washington, New York City. |
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