Renaissance · North America · Exploration

1610

Hudson Enters Hudson Bay

1610

Searching again for a Northwest Passage, Henry Hudson pushed through the strait that would bear his name and emerged into an enormous inland sea. He wintered on its icy southern shore; his crew, starved and mutinous, cast him adrift the following spring in a small boat. He was never seen again.

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Before and after in North America

Before: September 12, 1609: Henry Hudson Enters New York Harbor
After: 1613: Pocahontas Kidnapped

Before and after in Exploration

Before: September 12, 1609: Henry Hudson Enters New York Harbor
After: 1615: Hasekura Tsunenaga Reaches Spain

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.