The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-24
VOYAGE OF HENRY HUDSON

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Extract from The Journal Of the royage ofhe
| Halt Moon, Henry Hudson, Master, from
| the Netherlands 10 The coast of North ABe-
| ricd, IN NE year 1909, by Robert Juet, Mate
! II will be rec elected that Hudson left Amster-
dam on the 4th OF April, 1909, and during the
early part OF his voyage sailed to the north to-
wards Nova Zembla; returning southwardy he
passed over the banks of Newfoundland, touch
ed on some part of the coast of Maine, III the
latter part Of July; thence ran over 10 Cape
Cod, where he landed, and afterwards stood to
the south as far as the latitude Of South Carroll
ma. He then retraced his course, keeping near
the land looked in at the entrance Of Chesa-
peake bay, where Juet says 'our Englishmen
are,n referring TO the colony of Jamestown, then
recently planted thence his course lay 10 the
north, and on the 2Sth Of August he arrived at
the capes Of Delaware bay, of which there was
no previous account. Al this point we take up
The thread Of the. Journal, and follow it TO the
end OF the voyage.
! Friday, Aug. 20. Fair and hot weather, the
wind at souh-south west. In the morning at
six o'clock we weighed, and steered away north
twelve leagues till noon, and came TO the point
| of the land aud being hard by the land IN five
! iathoms, on sudden we came into three ia
thoms then we bore up and had but ten foot
water, and Joined to the point. Then, rs soon
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nine, ten, twelve and thirteen fathoms. Then
we found the land TO trend away northwest,
with a great bay and rivers But the bay was
| found shoal and in the oihng we had ten Ia
thoms, and had sight of beaches and dry sand.
| Then we were forced 10 stand back again; SO
we stood back southeast by south three leagues
| And at seven o'clock we anchored in eight ia
thoms water and found tide set north west
and north-north west, and it rises one fathom,
and flows south south-east And he that will
thoroughly discover this great bay, must have a
| small pnnace, that must draw but four or five
foot water TO sound before him. Al FIVE in the
morning we weighed, and steered away to the
eastward on many courses for the more northern
land is full of shoals. We We're among them,
and once we struck, and we went away and
stcered south TO the southeast So we had two,
three, four five, six, and seven fathoms, and so
deeper and deeper.d
Aug. 30. Fair weather, with some thunder
and showers, the wind shifting between the
south southwest, and the north north west
In the morning we weighed al the break of day,
and stood towards the northern land which we
found TO be all islands 10 sight, and great
storms from them, and are shoal three leagues
off For we coming by them, had but seven,
six, fve four, three and two and half fathoms,
and struck the ground with our rudder, we
steered off southwest one glass and had five
fathoms. Then we steered southeast three
glasses then we found seven fahoms, and
steered northeast by east, four leagues and
came to twelve and thirteen fathoms. AT one
O'Clock, went TO the top-mast head and set
the land, and the body of the islands did bear
north invest by north And at four o'clock, we
had gone four leagues east-south-east. and
northeast by east and found but seven fahoms,
and it was calm, so we anchored. Then went
again TO the top-mast head to see how far
could see land about us, and could see no more
but the islands. And the southern point Of
them did bear northwest by west, eight leagues
off So we rode till midnight Then the wind
came to the north-north west, so we weighed
and set sail.
Sunday, Aug 80 In the morning between
twelve and one, we weighed and stood to the
| eastward, the wind at north-north-west we
steered away and made our way east-south-east.
From our weighing till noon, eleven leagues
Our soundngs were eight nine, ten, eleven,
twelve and thirteen fathoms Till day. Then
we came TO eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and
twenty six fathoms by noon. Then | OBJ
served the sun, and found the height TO be 80
dg 5m, and saw no land. In the afternoon, the
wind came to north by west so we lay close by
with our fore-sail, and our main-sal, and it was
little wind until twelve o'clock at midnight,
then we had gale little while. Then
sounded, and all the night our soundings were
thirty, and thirty six fathoms and we went little.
Aug. 81. Fair weather and little wind. AT
six O'Clock in the morning we cast about to the
northward, the wind being at the north least, lit
tie wind. AT noon il ellcalm, and found the
height to be 80 Dig. sem. And the streams had
deceived US, and our sounding was thmty-eight
tathoms. In the afternoon sounded again, and
had but thirty iathoms. So that we found that we
were heaved TO and fro with the streams of the
tide, both by our observations and our Depths
From noon till four o'clock in the afternoon, it
was calm. AT six o'clock we had little gale
southerly and il continued all night some times
calm, and sometimes gale: we went eight
leagues from noon TO noon, north by east.
Iuesday, Sept ]. Fair weather, the wind
variable between east and south. We steered
away north northwest. At noon we found our
height TO be 80 deg. min We had soundngs
thirty, twenty-seven, twenty-iour, and twenty
two tathoms, as we went TO the northward AT
6 o'clock we had twenty-one fathoms, and all
the third watch till twelve O'Clock al midnight,
we had soundngs twenty one, twenty-five,
eighteen, twenty-five, twenty one, eighteen,
and twenty-five fathoms, and went SIX leagues
near hand norh-northwest.
Sept. 2. In the morning close weather, the
wind at south in the morning. From twelve
until two O'Clock we steered north-northwest,
and had soundings twenty one fathoms, and in
running one glass we had but sixteen fathoms,
then seventeen, and so sboaler and shoaer until
it came TO twelve iathoms. We saw great
fire, but could not see the land then we came
10 ten fathoms, whereupon we brought our tacks
aboard, and stood to the eastward east-souheast
four glasses. Then the sun arose, and we stood
away north again, and saw land from the west
by north, all like broken islands and our sound
ings were eleven and ten fathoms. Then we
luHed in for the shore, and fair by the shore we
had seven tathoms. The course along the land
we found TO be northeast by north. From the
land which we first had sight of, until we came
to a great lake Of water. as we could Judge il TO
be, being drowned land, which made it rise like
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