New Netherland II: Henry Hudson and the North West Passage

The North West Passage is the El Dorado of North. Finding a new route to the orient proved to be the relentless pursuit of many, but for Henry Hudson it appeared to be everything. He willingly sailed straight north and attempted to go over the north pole in a boat. He knowingly sailed into the polar bear infested barren wastelands of Northern Russia and on his 3rd and 4th expeditions he sailed clear off of all known maps into the unknown.

[@ConnWilliams]

Dude, this story is so wild! Your podcast is so awesome.

[@theotherstatesofamericahis5212]

verrazano worked for France not Spain, my bad

[@jennhoff03]

How dare you. ;) This was super interesting! Thank you!

[@RKM514]

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[@dutchman7623]

At least two of Hudson's Dutch patrons were involved in the Moscovian trade, next to their investment in the VOC. Jan van Hellemondt and Andries Bicker (Jan was married to Andries sister Diewertje). The ship 'de Halve Maan' was owned by Jan, a fast yacht used for the Amsterdam Moscovian trade in fur. He sold it to the VOC group of merchants, he was a member of, that send Hudson on this journey. So very probably all of them knew each other rather well. It also explains the explicit condition to go North East.

[@apollocobain8363]

There are many towns along the Hudson River that tie their names to the 1609 voyage. Only a few stops are easy to pin down. The place they anchored overnight and had no fish in the morning was either Saugerties or Catskill Creek. The site of the feast where arrows were thrown into the fire as a sign of trust, according to indigenous experts, was at the Council fire on Papscanee Island. I have to think that others had tried to go up river before him. Gomez and Verrazzano mapped the mouth of the river ~1524. Roanoke is 1585. The French are trading and fishing on the coast of what will be Maine mid-1500s. So they had to at least wonder what was up there. The river had been very well populated since 1000BCE or so when seafood connoisseur Taino came from what is now Venezuela on seasonal summer trips to binge on their favorite fish for thousands of years. Lusty Verrazzano's account is much better than prudish Juet's -- to Verrazzano NYC is the land of beautiful women and great seafood. Meanwhile Juet is a picky eater and "durst not trust them."

[@leanbacklenny6569]

I was told that Hudson made it as far as Halfmoon NY and ran aground. That is where the town got it's name. After running aground, he sent the smaller boat further up the river.

[@H3c171]

amazingly insightful series!

[@KombatFlix]

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[@daybertimagni4841]

Great video. Subscribed!

[@danielvillalobos9487]

I believe he setups a post on the Hudson at today's Kingston ny. 1609

[@lindakay9552]

8:43 I "Believe" I have a 10th (or 11th?) great grand uncle, Thomas Egerton, based in London, who was an MP, That I think was involved with Muscovy company. THIS is the lead I'm presently investigating. 18:45 Way back when I first started researching, it seemed like my 9th great grandfather maybe showed up in America around the same time and place as Hudson. But that seemed far fetched. And I dismissed Thomas Egerton being a possible relative because of his London residence. But now I understand that London was like Portland or Seattle on the west coast. No one would say someone famous is from "Bryn Mawr-Skyway" You'd just say they're from Seattle. If our family actually is directly descended from the Merchant class of Egerton nobility in England, I'm going to write a book that is going to win a Nobel, and credit my research largely to this channel.

[@LilBruno63]

Wonder if that's why the town in Saratoga County was called Halfmoon

[@theotherstatesofamericahis5212]

You got it

[@LilBruno63]

@@theotherstatesofamericahis5212 i just wanted to learn about the Iroquois but can't stop watching! Loving this channel. I was a bad history student but i love how you tell a story.

[@jesuscrisis8439]

Why didn't you discuss Juan Rodriguez?

[@theotherstatesofamericahis5212]

I do, but not in this episode which is slightly before his arrival circa 1613

[@phil.d-roll6393]

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