Henry Hudson the Navigator

This volume, published in 1860, contains writings by and contemporary accounts of Henry Hudson, who died about 1611.

Zusammenfassung
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume (1860) is a documentary biography of Henry Hudson, who was presumed dead around 1611 after being cast adrift in a small boat in Arctic waters by his mutinous crew.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. Divers voyages and northerne discoveries of that worthy discoverer Henry Hudson; 2. A larger discourse of the same voyage and the success theorof, written by Abacuk Pricket; 3. A note found in the deske of Thomas Wydowse, student of mathematics, one of them who was put into the shallop; 4. Of Hudson's discoveries and death; 5. Hudson's first voyage (1607); Captain Fotherby's statement concerning Hudson's journal of his first voyage; 6. Hudson's third voyage (1609); 7. Extracts relating to Hudson's third voyage (1609); 8. Extracts containing some original information about Hudson's third voyage; 9. Extracts concerning Hudson's third voyage (1609); 10. American traditions concerning the third voyage (1609); 11. An extract from Captain Luke Foxe's description of Hudson's fourth voyage; 12. Hessel Gerritz's various accounts of Hudson's two last voyages; Appendices; Index.

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