What is Henry Hudson?
{{Infobox person |name = Henry Hudson |image = HenryHudson.jpg |caption = One of many speculative portraits |birth_date = Unknown date, {{circa|1565}} |birth_place = [[Kingdom of England]] |disappeared_date = {{disappeared date and age|1611|06|23|1565|df=y}} |disappeared_place = [[James Bay]], North America |other_names = Hendrick Hudson {{in lang|nl}} |occupation = [[Sea explorer]], [[navigator]] |years_active = 1607–1611 (as explorer) |employer = {{plainlist| * [[Muscovy Company of London]] * [[Dutch East India Company]] * [[British East India Company]] * [[Virginia Company of Plymouth]]}} |known_for = {{indented plainlist| * Exploration of northeastern [[North America]] * Search for the [[Northeast Passage|Northeast]] and [[Northwest Passage]]s}} |children = John Hudson ({{circa|1591}}–1611) }} [[File:Henry Hudson map.JPG|thumb|Hudson's map of the North Atlantic]] '''Henry Hudson''' (1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an [[English people|English]] [[explorer]] and navigator in the 1600s. He was well known for discovering the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/henryhudsondream00sand|title=Henry Hudson|last=Corey Sandler|date=2007|publisher=Citadel Press|others=Internet Archive|isbn=9780806527390 }}</ref> Hudson was trying to find a northwest passage to Cathay (present day China).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/henry-hudson-9346049|title=Henry Hudson|website=Biography}}</ref> He tried twice before he found it. Hudson discovered the Hudson Bay and [[Hudson River]] in [[North America]]. He claimed the Hudson Bay for England along with other pieces of land. He was working for the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] when he found the Hudson River. He found it in 1609 when he was looking for a way to get from North America to Asia by [[water]]. This was named the [[Northwest Passage]]. On September 11, 1609, he found what is now New York City. ==References==