Name:Andrea G.                                 Explorer:Henry Hudson

Biography:

Henry Hudson was born in London(the Kindom of England.) The date of Henry Hudson's birth is unknown along with the information of his early life. Henry Hudson died in 1611, the place was the Hudson Bay. Henry Hudson was an English man who explored for the Netherlands. His motive for sailing was to find the Northeast passage,well that was his motive for the first two expeditions he went on. The Muscovy Company was the company that hired Hudson to lead the Northeast passage expeditons. Henry sailed from London to the Shetland Islands, and after west to Iceland. On this journy Hudson encountered the Iroquois, Hudson traded metal objects for fur pelts and animal skins. The legacy of Hudson was that he got the Europeans to discover the Jan Mayen Island

Work Cited:

Speake, Jennifer, and Thomas G. Bergin. "Hudson, Henry." Encyclopedia of Renaissance and the Reformation, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004. Modern World History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?

ItemID=WE53&iPin=ERR0919&SingleRecord=True (accessed October 14, 2009).

 (10/6/09) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson, wikipedia.org,Henry Hudson 

Exploration Map:

Map Key-

Voyage #1

Starting Point-1607

End Point-1607

Blue=Voyage Out

Red=Voyage Back

Voyage #2

Starting Point- 1608

End Point-1608

Green=Voyage out

Black= Voyage Back

Voyage # 3

Starting Point- 1609

End Point-09

Yellow=Voyage out

Orange= Voyage Back

Work Cited:

(10/7)http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_01.htm

Summary:

   I believe my explorer,Henry Hudson, belongs in the hall of fame. This is because he has discovered many things. For example he obviously found the Hudson River. Hudson also put a lot of effort into finding the Northeast passage which is a water route along the northern coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific Sea. I believe most explorers deserve to be in the Hall of Fame because it takes a lot of bravery and courage to be an explorer whether you fail or succeed.

Work Cited:

(10/10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson, ,www.wikipedia.org,Henry Hudson

Reflection:

The exploration of the 15th and 16th century is much like the space exploration taken place today. For example explorers motive back then was to find answers to their questions. Today the astronauts are trying to find answers to their questions as well. Another similarity of exploration then and space exploration today is in the economical category. Exploration then was costly just like exploration in space today. In fact the government was thinking of shutting down space exploration programs because it is costing a lot of government money. A third reason or similarity would be how exploration impacts and impacted us back then in the 15th and 16th centries. Exploration back then impacted people because we lost many lifes in search of our answers. Today we loose lives during space exploration. So basically the exploration taken place in the 15th and16th centries has influenced our space exploration that occurs today.