June 1611
Explorer Gazette
Henry Hudson was hired by the Dutch East India Company. Their goal was to find the Northwest Passage to the Indies.They traveled and traveled, but it just got colder and colder at the same time, so he quit his expedition. In 1610 Hudson was hired by England to find the Northwest Passage. He sailed down a passage which is now called Hudson Strait.It lead to what is now called Hudson Bay. In June 1611 the weather started to warm a little bit people wanted to go home so bad.This is the story oof what we think happened.Henry Hudson, his son, and 7 other men had disappeared. Angry crew men had left them out in a bay on a boat with no oars. I think the boat sunk in cold water or they drowned. No one really knows what happened. He could have been attacked by a shark. Will we ever find out what happened or will it remain a mystery of history?