Hudson Landing from the Half Moon
Hudson Landing from the "Half Moon" - Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, while searching for a short passage to China and India, sailed by chance into what is now New York Bay; he started up the river that to-day bears his name on Sept. 2d, 1609, in his ship, "The Half Moon." This voyage ended about where Albany now stands, and in Oct. 4th, he set sail on his return journey to Amsterdam. Hudson was eleven days navigating up the river, a distance that is now traversed as many hours. - letterpress caption from verso of postcard; includes a personal... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Still Image |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 1909 |
| Schlagwörter: | Postcards / Ships / Ship captains / Rivers / Postage stamps / Hudson-Fulton Celebration / 1909 / Hudson / Henry / d. 1611 / Half Moon (Ship) / Dutch East India Company / Community & Events / Transportation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27029122 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hrvi/id/129 |
Hudson Landing from the "Half Moon" - Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, while searching for a short passage to China and India, sailed by chance into what is now New York Bay; he started up the river that to-day bears his name on Sept. 2d, 1609, in his ship, "The Half Moon." This voyage ended about where Albany now stands, and in Oct. 4th, he set sail on his return journey to Amsterdam. Hudson was eleven days navigating up the river, a distance that is now traversed as many hours. - letterpress caption from verso of postcard; includes a personal message postmarked New York, N.Y. as well one cent stamp.