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Henry Hudson

1570 - 1611

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Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he landed in North America on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Hudson is the 58th most popular explorer (up from 59th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 494th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Explorer.

Henry Hudson is most famous for his exploration of the Hudson River.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henry Hudson ranks 58 out of 498. Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Sven Hedin, Henry Morton Stanley, William Baffin, Zhang Qian, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. After him are Himilco, Diogo Cão, Hernando de Soto, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Yaqut al-Hamawi, and John Ross.

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Among people born in 1570, Henry Hudson ranks 3. Before him are Guy Fawkes, and Hans Lippershey. After him are Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Willem Janszoon, Jan Janszoon, John Smyth, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Giorgi Saakadze, Péter Pázmány, Kara Davud Pasha, and Alessandro Salvio. Among people deceased in 1611, Henry Hudson ranks 4. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. After him are Eleanor de' Medici, Katō Kiyomasa, Bartholomeus Spranger, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Antonio Possevino, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Sanada Masayuki, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 544 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882), Robert Plant (1948), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Archibald Hill (1886), Adele (1988), and Peter Brook (1925). After him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Thomas Becket (1119), Henry Moore (1898), Sam Neill (1947), Mary Read (1695), and Pope Adrian IV (1100).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 9. Before him are Robert Falcon Scott (1868), David Livingstone (1813), William Adams (1564), John Davis (1550), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), and William Baffin (1584). After him are John Ross (1777), William Dampier (1651), John Smith (1580), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Parry (1790), and Robert FitzRoy (1805).

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