H.H.+VOYAGES

Hudson sailed for the Muscovy Company of England in an unsuccessful search for a route to Japan and China by way of the North Pole. His next expedition for the Muscovy Company had him looking for the Northeast Passage to Asia. He had hoped to chart a course along the north coast of Siberia to China; heavy sea ice forced him to turn back midway through the expedition. In the spring of 1609, Hudson set out in a second search for the Northeast Passage. This time he was employed by the Dutch East India Company. He sailed with an eighteen man crew of English and Dutch sailors aboard his ship, the Half Moon.


 * First voyage in 1607