SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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icebergs
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stormy seas
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dense jungles
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dry deserts
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The challenges Henry Hudson faced were mainly those of nature and mutiny. During his first two voyages to explore routes between Asia and Europe by means of the Arctic Ocean, Hudson’s progress was stifled by ice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lacking food or supplies, the expedition greatly suffered in the extreme cold. Many of the crew held Hudson responsible for their misfortune, and on June 22, 1611, with the coming of summer, they mutinied against him. The Discovery later returned to England, and its crew was arrested for the mutiny.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry Hudson failed to find the passage to the Orient, he discovered New York City, the Hudson River, the Hudson Strait, and the Hudson Bay.
Detailed explanation-4: -The year was 1611. Henry Hudson’s ship, the Discovery, had been stuck in a block of ice. For seven months, the explorer and his crew were caught in the icy waters of what is now James Bay, in Canada. By June of that year, the weather had warmed enough for them to set sail once again.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hudson departed Amsterdam on 4 April, in command of the Dutch ship Halve Maen (English: Half Moon). He could not complete the specified (eastward) route because ice blocked the passage, as with all previous such voyages, and he turned the ship around in mid-May while somewhere east of Norway’s North Cape.