[DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir Henry Hudson (died 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the 
early 17th ... He explored the Hudson River (which is named after him), and laid 
thereby ... Hudson is thought to have spent many years at sea, beginning as a 
cabin ... he heard rumors of a northwest route to the Pacific through North 
America. [DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson - Super Teacher Worksheets [PAR] Hudson left Amsterdam on April 4, 1609 aboard a ship named the Half Moon. ... 
in search of a northwest passage across the continent of North America. He ... is 
now named the Hudson River. He thought the river might lead to the Pacific ... 
and had several areas named after him, including the Hudson River, Hudson Bay
,... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson's Third Voyage, 1609: The New World [PAR] Jan 19, 2007 ... Hudson explored the northeastern coast of America, eventually sailing ... He 
hoped the river - now named the Hudson River - would provide a ... sailed with 
Hudson previously as mate, and would again in 1610. ... away from his voyage 
north to sail across the ocean and explore the coast of the New World. [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of the Americas - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in ... was a 
Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. ... His 
patron was King Manuel I of Portugal, who sent him on an expedition to India. ... 
of San Francisco), Cermenon named the nearby bay San Francisco (it is now... [DOC] [TLE] World Book Student | Print - World Book Online [PAR] He explored three North American waterways later named for himthe Hudson 
River, Hudson ... They thought such a route would be shorter than any other. ... 
Huge ice floes forced Hudson to return to England. He ... Hudson thought he had 
at last come to the Pacific Ocean, and he sailed south into what is now James 
Bay. [DOC] [TLE] Social Studies In Action: Explorers in North America [PAR] Although Marco Polo never stepped foot in North America, he is credited with 
motivating ... a second voyage and sailed north to Greenland until his crew forced 
him to turn back ... what is now called the Straits of Magellan) and reached the 
Pacific Ocean. ... He made several trips to North America, explored the Bay of 
Fundy,... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson - Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... The Hudson Bay and Hudson River are named after intrepid ... In 1609, he 
embarked on a third voyage that took him to the New World and ... According to 
some historians, he had heard of a way to the Pacific Ocean from North America 
from ... Aboard the ship Discovery, Hudson left England in April 1610. [DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in 1607, when he was 
hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. ... 
drawn by reports of a possible channel across the North American continent to 
the Pacific. ... in 1610-11, Hudson spent months drifting through the vast Hudson 
Bay and... [DOC] [TLE] Jamestown Settlement, Early - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] May 11, 2011 ... During the winter of 16091610, the colony nearly starved. The resupply ship 
Sea Venture, carrying much of Virginia's new leadership, was thought lost at sea. 
... and discover a passage to the Pacific Ocean, but when the colonists ... slightly 
overlapping areas along the eastern coast of North America. [DOC] [TLE] Explorers [PAR] Many explorers thought they could find a route to Asia by sailing west across the 
Atlantic Ocean. ... The Europeans learned that North America had many rich 
resources. ... After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for fifty days, they sighted 
land. .... He discovered a bay near a large island, which was later named Baffin 
Island... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Hudson - Ages of Exploration [PAR] He discovered the Hudson River, Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay on his

Question: In 1610 he thought the huge North American bay now named for him was the Pacific Ocean
Answer: Henry Hudson