Half Moon : Henry Hudson and the voyage that redrew the map of the New World / Douglas Hunter

Object Details

Author

Hunter, Doug 1959-

Subject

Hudson, Henry -1611

Half Moon (Ship)

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie

First published: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

Summary

Recounts how Henry Hudson defied orders to find an eastern passage to China by redirecting his voyage along the coastline from Spanish Florida to the Grand Banks, an effort that laid a foundation for New York's establishment as a global capital.

2010

17th century

Call number

E129.H8 H868 2010

Type

Books

Physical description

329 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm

Place

America

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Explorers--History

Discovery and exploration

Dutch

Record ID

siris_sil_995971

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0