Dated June 25, in this year of our Lord, 1611. Your servant and loving husband always, Henry Hudson. This is fiction, although it is based in fact. I first wrote this short story several years ago, based on the idea of Hudson's final journal entry as a letter to his wife. It has been edited and changed over the years, and my interest in Hudson has grown to encompass his entire life and journeys.
Teachers are welcome to use it in their classrooms if appropriate.
If you wish to reprint it in any hardcopy publication, I would request a copy be mailed to me as a courtesy. For commercial publication, please contact me to arrange publication rights. Please see my home page and my Triumph history pages , too.