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Passageways, page 6

The English capture Québec

The English capture Québec
© Public Domain
Nouveau voyage d'un païs plus grand que l'Europe: avec les reflections des entreprises du Sieur de La Salle; Louis Hennepin. Utrecht: Chez Antione Schouten …, 1968.
Source: National Library of Canada
Champlain's habitation

Champlain's habitation
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Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain, Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la marine, divisez en devx livres, ou, Iovrnal très-fidèle des observations faites, és decouuertures de la Nouuelle France…; Samuel de Champlain. Paris: Chez Iean Berjon…, 1613.
Source: National Library of Canada
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-002061
Source: National Archives of Canada
Young Henry Hudson

Young Henry Hudson
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-017727
Source: National Archives of Canada
Replica of Hudson's ship, the <em>Half Moon</em>

Replica of Hudson's ship, the Half Moon
© New Netherland Museum
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Source: New Netherland Museum
Hudson's ship, the Half Moon

Hudson's ship, the Half Moon
© New Netherland Museum
www.newnetherland.com
Source: New Netherland Museum
Map showing the route of Hudson's first and second voyages, in 1607 and 1608, where he travelled north of Norway in an attempt to pass over the North Pole

Hudson hoped to find a short route to Asia by going over the North Pole
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
Map showing the route of Hudson's third voyage, in 1609, on which he travelled south of Cape Cod, along the eastern coast and explored the area around New York

Hudson gave up his route over the North Pole when his crew almost mutinied; he explored America instead
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
Map showing the route of Hudson's fourth voyage, April 10, 1610 to October 20, 1611, on which he passed through Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay

On his fourth voyage, Hudson thought he was close to Asia when he found what is now known as Hudson Bay
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
Thomas Button

Thomas Button
© Public Domain
The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull and Captain Thomas James of Bristol in Search of a North-West Passage in 1631-32: with Narratives of the Earlier North-West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge and others; Christy Miller. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1894.
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