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Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson - Peter C. Mancall
Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
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The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson’s final expedition.In the winter of... show more
The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson’s final expedition.In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson’s small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay.A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780465005116 (046500511X)
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
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I suppose I should note that I actually forgot the title of this book even though I finished it yesterday. And the book isn’t really that bad. Supposedly a chronicle of Hudson’s last and fatal journey, the book does look at the exploration of the north that was going on in the late 1500s and earl...
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