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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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