may 1, 1609 - Henry Hudson explores the east
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Hudson sailed to Nova Scotia, and then sailed south. He found what is now called the Hudson River, and sailed into New York's harbor. Hudson sailed then up the river about 150 miles This disproved his theory about a water passage through North America. His later expedition to the Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay ended in a mutiny. Hudson died in 1611 after his crew mutinied and left Hudson, his son, and 7 crew members adrift in a small, open boat in Hudson Bay.
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