In 1609 the English King, James I, called upon Henry ... Hudson River. And he had been to Greenland and the edge of the polar ice. Tribal distribution at first contact By June 1610 Hudson was ...

Henry Hudson ... Henry Hudson are obscure. He entered history in 1607, already middle-aged, hired by the English Muscovy Company to find a way to China via the North Pole. His trip was a failure ...