2/14 _Higginson_, 88-90; _Explorers_, 281-296.] [Sidenote: His death. Hudson's Voyage, 1609 .-- He set forth in 1609 in the _Half-Moon_, a stanch little ship. At first he sailed northward, but ice soon blocked his way. He then sailed southwestward to find a strait, which was said to lead through America, north of Chesapeake Bay. |