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<p>[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3497580, member: 43201"]I love this site, so much history presented here. Inspires me to learn more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hudson, NY is named after Henry Hudson, the English Explorer who searched for a passage to Asia with the backing of the Dutch East India Trading Company.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hudson sailed three times; his second voyage was aboard the Dutch built <i>Halve Maen</i> (Half Moon*) in 1609. While he did not find a passage to Asia, he did find the Hudson River. He navigated the river as far as present-day Albany, NY before determining the river was not a passage west and retracing his route.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=17073]@leeg[/USER] reports that the 1935 commemorative designer shows the ship 'heading home'. The right-facing image would be consistent with a ship sailing eastward from the New World toward Europe; first to England then home to Amsterdam.</p><p><br /></p><p>*(Likely explaining the moon in the reverse design)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3497580, member: 43201"]I love this site, so much history presented here. Inspires me to learn more. Hudson, NY is named after Henry Hudson, the English Explorer who searched for a passage to Asia with the backing of the Dutch East India Trading Company. Hudson sailed three times; his second voyage was aboard the Dutch built [I]Halve Maen[/I] (Half Moon*) in 1609. While he did not find a passage to Asia, he did find the Hudson River. He navigated the river as far as present-day Albany, NY before determining the river was not a passage west and retracing his route. [USER=17073]@leeg[/USER] reports that the 1935 commemorative designer shows the ship 'heading home'. The right-facing image would be consistent with a ship sailing eastward from the New World toward Europe; first to England then home to Amsterdam. *(Likely explaining the moon in the reverse design)[/QUOTE]
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