Henry Hudson
On April 22, 1608, he set sail once again aboard the Hopewell and discovered that as he rounded the northern tip of Norway, the sun shone 24 hours a day during the Arctic summer. He still failed to find a Northwest Passage.
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/hudson.php

Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson entered Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and later New York Bay. He was the first European to ascend (1609) the Hudson River (named for him), nearly to present-day Albany.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824435.html

Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson explored because he wanted to find a northwestern passage to Asia. But his ship, The Hopewell, could not travel through the ice. After 1609, the English lost interest in Hudson's hope to find a northwestern route....
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/explorers/hudson.htm

Henry Hudson (c.1575-1611): The Discoverer
Copyright Hudson Henry Hudson (c. 1575-1611): The Discoverer Henry Hudson made four journeys that are recorded in the history books, and is credited as the European discoverer of Hudson Bay. He is also remembered for
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/person/hudson_e.html

Henry Hudson and Early Hudson River History
Henry Hudson was the first European to explore the Hudson River... In the fall of 1609, Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon...explored the Hudson River from New York harbor up to present day Albany, NY
http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm

Henry Hudson and His Exploration
The name of Hudson has been given to the Hudson River, not by any means because he was its original discoverer, but because he was the first navigator to explore the river throughout its navigable length, and leave behind a detailed account of his voyage.
http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/diglib/sciamer/hhudson/hhudso...

Henry Hudson: an Englishman in Dutch service
In the summer of 1609 the ship the "Halve Maan" (Half Moon) sailing under Captain Henry Hudson under the flag of the Dutch East India Company searched in vain for a western passage to the East Indies
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/newnetherlands/nl1.htm

Sheepshead Bay History (Brooklyn, New York)
When the first European sailors made land fall in the group of islands that are today collectively called New York City, they wrote of abundant natural resources in a beautiful natural setting.
http://sheepsheadbayhistory.org/history/sheepsheadbay-cha...

Who was Henry Hudson Anyway? And What Happened to Him?
Henry Hudson was an Englishman, possibly the grandson of a London alderman who helped found a trading organization, the Muscovy Company
http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm