Netherlands



=Key People:=

Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was born in 1565 in London, England under a wealthy family; therefore, he was very well educated and he had studied cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics and seamanship in his early life.

He is a very well known Navigator and Explorer for Netherlands and England. He is a grandson of Henry Hudson, a London alderman, who helped found the Muscovy Trading Company. He is very famous for voyages of exploration for the Muscovy Company and the discovery of the Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay which were all named after Henry Hudson.

Henry Hudson was cast adrift in a small boat together with his son John and eight loyal crew members and he was never heard of again. Apparently, no one knows about how long he and the others survived or what was their cause of death. = = =Key Dates and Events:=

1595: The first Dutch fleet arrived in India in 1595. And shortly after, the Dutch formed the East India Company and began competing with the English and the Portuguese.

1600s: This period was a golden era for the Dutch which 1500s was for the Spanish. The Dutch merchant fleet became the greatest in the world, Amsterdam glittered as a trade center and a Dutch empire was established

1609: Henry Hudson explored the region around modern New York metropolitan area while searching for western route to Asia. While he was exploring, he found the river which eventually was named after him, the Hudson River. He also was able to discover other straits and bays which was also named after him; Hudson Bays and Hudson Straits. =Key Places:=

Manhattan
When the English navigator Henry Hudson sailed from Amsterdam, he discovered Manhattan Island which is today known as the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. This is at the mouth of Hudson River and actually, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York.

=Effects and Their Motives:=

Continue of Wealth


In the late 1500s AD, the Dutch enjoyed one of the highest standards of living among all the Europeans. They were very wealthy through trade and commerce, however, they had a problem that their homeland was small, and there were little rooms for farming or manufacturing. In order to maintain their wealth, the Dutch decided to look at colonizing new lands.

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