Child Life in the Colonies

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Henry Hudson, or as the Dutch called him, Hendrick Hudson, commanded a small vessel. Called the half-moon. He had a crew of twenty Dutchmen and Englishmen. At first Hudson steered the half-moon in a northerly direction. But the intense cold and huge icebergs of the Arctic Ocean terrified his men, so he turned his vessel about and sailed towards the west.