Hudson Sails into Hudson Bay: Thinks He Found the Pacific
Henry Hudson sailed into Hudson Bay in 1610 convinced he'd found the Pacific. He hadn't. He'd found one of the largest bays on earth — 470,000 square miles — and his crew spent the winter frozen inside it. By spring they'd run out of food and patience. The crew mutinied. They put Hudson, his son, and seven loyal sailors in a small boat and left them in the bay. Nobody knows what happened after that. The mutineers made it back to England. Not one of them was prosecuted.
August 2, 1610
416 years ago
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