Henry Hudson sailed up the river that is now named for him during the month September in 1609.  At that time, little was known about North America.  Hudson was looking for a shortcut to Asia so he and the company he worked with could do business there. 

Read more about Henry Hudson here:   http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm

You can read what happened each day on his trip here:  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/hudson/media/journey.shtml, or here:  http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_03.htm (scroll down to see the logs)

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