亨利‧哈得遜沿河航行最終於他的名字命名，1609年，9月3日

紐約的哈得遜河及紐澤西因何得名？1609年9月3日，一個起霧的清晨，亨利哈得遜和他的船員們，駕著半月號，從大西洋海岸航向河流。強風及暴風雨，迫使他們放棄當初聲稱要往東北探險的航程。與其一無所獲回到荷蘭，完全不被報導，船員投票決定，往西北另尋傳說中的水路，可以連結大西洋和太平洋。他們經過今日名為曼哈頓的島嶼，進入河道。


How did the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey get its name? On the misty morning of September 3, 1609, explorer Henry Hudson and his crew aboard the Half Moon sailed into the majestic river off the Atlantic coast by chance. Strong head winds and storms forced them to abandon the northeast voyage they had been assigned. Rather than return to Holland with nothing to report, the crew voted to look for the Northwest Passage, a legendary waterway that would carry a ship all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. They passed by the island we know today as Manhattan and sailed up the river.

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