亨利‧哈得遜沿河航行最終於他的名字命名，1609年9月3日

哈得遜並非首位發現該河的歐洲人，早在1524年，佛羅倫斯的一位航海家，就發現這條河。但哈得遜比之前的探險者更深入哈得遜河，航駛了150英哩，半月號無法接觸到太平洋，但卻接觸到後來成為紐約州奧爾巴尼的城市，至此他們才回頭。由於哈得遜的探險結果，此河便以他之名命名。

哈得遜是一個頑固但有膽識的指揮者，雖然他常因個人喜好下達錯誤命令，導致士氣低落，他仍然是個有才能的航海家。他另有四次危險的航海行程，對地理知識有極大貢獻。他在哈得遜河的探險，使得荷蘭在此地區殖民。

Hudson was not the first European explorer to discover this river. The Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazano discovered the Hudson in 1524. But Henry Hudson traveled the river much farther than its previous explorer. After 150 miles, the Half Moon did not reach the Pacific, but it did reach what would later become Albany, New York. There, they turned around. But as a result of Hudson's exploration, the river bears his name today.

Hudson was a headstrong but courageous commander. Though he often mismanaged his crews by playing favorites or letting morale suffer, he was a competent navigator. He undertook four dangerous voyages, and made huge contributions to geographical knowledge. His exploration of the Hudson River led to Dutch colonization of the area.

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