Renaissance · North America · Exploration
1609
Henry Hudson Enters New York Harbor
September 12, 1609
Sailing for the Dutch East India Company in the Half Moon, the Englishman Henry Hudson pushed his tiny ship up a broad, salt-tinged river as far as present-day Albany. He failed to find a passage to China but handed the Dutch a claim to the best harbor in North America.
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Also in 1609 (4 other events on record)
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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