New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
Voyages Of Henry Hudson

?, .hsi brave old navigator Henry Hudson could
-.u-n 20 earth for the Hudson Fulton celebration
- September. the Soth anniversary OF the ex-
-,orstson Of the Hudson and the Tooth of the
,.rnching OF the Clermont. ii is hard to imagine
rs. his feelings would be. II he could see the
avs OF pagesntTy and tie nights Of fireworks. the
ulsrs OF IRE upon the mountain tops his own
rsl, Moon floating upon the river along with that
..-sr=e vessel, Robert Fulton's CferInont, and still
Granger vessels sailing IN the air, he might well
-o,5e- II this could be, indeed. the earth on
.Aich he lived 800 years ago. But most OF all. he
vrovld wonder, perhaps, 10 see himself the object
~ 80 much honor 70: IN his lifetime he had very
p+.Is honor and. far know. very little OF
,rvzhing else that pleasant
b, we know very little about him We would
=. clad 20 know more. We do not know what he
naked like. We have portraits OF OF the
cher great explorers OF his time. like Hawkins
.,6 Drake but there is no genuine portrait OF
Henry HUDSON. We know nothing about his boy
te,d We do not even know who his parents were
e,6 can only suppose that there were many
Eyud,ons "a the Muscovy Company which first sent
rim 10 America ne probably belonged TO the
ems family. certain Henry Hudson, on Alder
-su % London and a founder OF the Muscovy
rc-upsny. thought TO have been his grand
s..her We know that he married, because
Is wife and children are mentioned IN one OF his
ro---Scts and Il is supposed that the boy John
-gudsor who sailed with him all bis voyages.
xss his son. Henry Hudsou's FIRST appearance
he pages OF history April IL. 1eo7, when he
rent 10 ST. Etheiburga's Church In the old town
:. London. with twelve mariners. to take the
ssc-suaent before sailing 6 voyage OF discovery
% he New World He was proposing" says the
os record from which get this information Ito
20 II ses four days later TO discover passage by
ne Norsh Pole 10 Japan and China" Like Column
h.s ne had dreamed Of q shorter passage to the
,che, Of the East than the old roundabout path
around Africa and the things he discovered were
not The things he went 20 sesk.
And SO n ais little vessel the HopeweIl Henry
Erdson snd his crew twelve sailed into the
unknown psrzls OF the polar seas, and there they
uw many strange things-beArs ard seals and
vts,ss great ioebergs and the midnight sun, but
they found no Northwest passage. Their little ves-
al VS. nearly Crushed between the iceberEx. but
n,rx year they went again This time they saw q
r,e-usEic She cane aloagkdde the vessel. looking
earnestly" At the two sailors who were watching
hsr Fer back and breasts like wornan'R
bar sktr very white and long hair hanging down
bsAnd OF color black. N her going down they cav
bes tall which was Ike the tail OF porposeI and
s,eckle6 ike q raAckerel" All this Is recorded In
Henry Eudsou's OWL handwriting. But still no
yc-thvest passage WAC found. and with sorrow,
as he said that our labor vein," Hudson
vert back England
Be this tina ths Muscovy Company was tired OF
boxing fer the Northwest passage, but other na-
ao.s vvs-. as anxious to ind Il the English
ve-s sad Hudson vas MT left long without
royn-ot The Dutch East India Company would
lave been delighted to find anything that would