Henry+Hudson

Henry Hudson was the Dutch explorer in search of the Northwest Passage above North America, a path which did not actually exist. Instead of finding the Northwest Passage, Hudson established New Amsterdam on modern-day Manhattan island. He established the colony for the Dutch to be religiously tolerant, which made New Amesterdam the religious capital of the world at the time. To this day Manhattan exists as a diverse center that attracts all different races and belief practices. The English funded Hudson's second voyage to the New World; he sailed through a body of water which he later named the Hudson Bay after himself. Henry Hudson may have never found the Northwest Passage, but he established a diverse city that still remains as a very influential city of the world. http://sobrehistoria.com/wp-content/uploads/henry-hudson.jpg

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Created by Hannah Hollon 12/07/08 Edited by Joe Hampton on December 7,2008. Edited by Allie Pinosky 12.07.08