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1570 CE
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1570 CE: English navigator & explorer Henry Hudson is most likely born in the town of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, northwest of London.
1607 CE - 1610 CE: Henry Hudson captains four voyages searching for a northwest passage via the Arctic Ocean to the Far East.
1607 CE - 1610 CE: Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River and Hudson Bay and furthers the knowledge of the Arctic’s maritime geography.
1611 CE: Henry Hudson and his son, John, are cast adrift by a mutinous crew never to be seen again.