It was the fur trade that transformed the territory. The early years of ill-fated English explorer Henry Hudson are obscure. He entered history in 1607, already middle-aged, hired by the English ...

In 1609 the English King, James I, called upon Henry Hudson to sail to the Arctic. Hudson was eminently qualified: he had sailed through Russia's northern seas, had been across the Atlantic to ...

The explorer Henry Hudson, commanding the "Half-Moon," puts in at Coney Island before continuing into what is now called New York Harbor. According to tradition, his right-hand man, John Coleman ...