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1) Henry Hudson
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Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
2) Henry Hudson
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
4) Henry Hudson
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English
Description
Readers will explore the life and voyages of Henry Hudson, the English navigator who searched the across the Northeastern United States and Canada for a northwest passage to China. Timelines, maps, and a further information section support the fascinating, biographical narrative.
5) Henry Hudson
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English
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British captain Henry Hudson investigated the eastern coast of North America. Find out how he explored the river that would someday bear his name--the Hudson River. The book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
6) Henry Hudson
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English
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Explorer Henry Hudson was famous in life and death. Between 1607 and 1611, he led four voyages to find a passage from Europe to the Orient. Although he failed to reach Asia by water, he did discover the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait. He traveled in dangerous seas. Ice struck his sailing vessels, and his crew suffered from freezing conditions. On his final voyage, his men rebelled. They forced Hudson, his son John, and seven other crew...
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In 1607 Henry Hudson was an obscure English sea captain. By 1610 he was an internationally renowned explorer. He made two voyages in search of a Northeast Passage to the Orient and had discovered the Spitzbergen Islands and their valuable whaling grounds. In the process, Hudson had sailed farther north than any other European before him. In 1609, working for the Dutch, he had explored the Hudson River and had made a Dutch colony in America possible....
10) Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York: Native American prophecy & European discovery, 1609
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English
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In 2009, New York observed the 400-year anniversary of Henry Hudson's September 1609 discovery of Manhattan Island. This book chronicles the event from the perspective of the people who met Hudson's boat-which they at first thought was surely a great waterfowl-floating. Using all available sources, including oral history passed down to today's Algonquins, Evan Pritchard tells the story from various perspectives: that of Hudson's body guard, scribe,...
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English
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The river in New York State and the Canadian bay both bear Henry Hudson's name. During the 16th century, this English mariner sailed one important voyage after another. This guide covers his quest for the Northwest Passage, his time in the Arctic, his voyage down the East Coast of North America into present-day New York, and his exploration of Canada's Hudson Bay. Learn how he made contact with Native Americans, suffered from terrible disease, and...
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English
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The book relates, for the first time, Cree and Inuit history as they encountered Hudson during his exploration of Hudson Bay. This information is based upon the information given to a pilot who flew many trips into the Hudson Bay area when he was transporting material to the various radar sites set up in Northern Canada during the late 1950's and 60's. The author learned this information from the pilot because both had an interest in Hudson and were...
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Español
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Henry Hudson, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Conocer más en profundidad a Henry Hudson, marino apasionado por los relatos de viajes que sueña con descubrir el paso que conecte el Atlántico y el Pacífico, dejándose la vida en ello
• Analizar la aparición de viajes de exploración financiados...
15) Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York: Native American Prophecy & European Discovery, 1609
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The year was 1609, and British explorer Henry Hudson had landed in North America at the bidding of the Dutch East India Company. But Hudson was not the first man to set foot on Manhattan Island. Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York chronicles this historic "discovery" with a hereto unknown perspective—that of the people who met Hudson's boat on their shore. Using all available sources, including oral history passed down to today's...
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Français
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Henry Hudson et l'exploration de la cte Est des Amériques en moins d'une heure!
Au début du mois de mai 1607, Henry Hudson, jeune capitaine anglais, lève l'ancre, chargé par la compagnie de Moscovie de trouver une nouvelle voie menant à l'Extrême-Orient par le nord-est. C'est le début d'une longue série d'expéditions qui mèneront l'explorateur aux confins du cercle polaire arctique et lui feront...
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English
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The curious call of an unseen bird lures a young European explorer deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus begins the romance between Abel, a revolutionary hiding among an Indian tribe in the Venezuelan rainforest, and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth to be reunited with others of her kind. Written...
18) A Crystal Age
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English
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W. H. Hudson's trailblazing story of a pastoral utopia that harbors a dark secret After a landslide, Smith awakens groggy and confused. The landscape around him has changed dramatically. He wanders through the countryside, searching for any semblance of civilization, until a family takes him in. As he recounts what happened to him and where he came from, it dawns on Smith that he has somehow left his own world behind and awoken somewhere entirely...
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English
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Lavishly illustrated with 60 drawings by Keith Henderson, W.H. Hudson's most famous novel, Green Mansions is the book that sparked the nature conservation movement. The inspiration for the movie starring Audrey Hepburn, Green Mansions stunningly recreates the untouched forests of South America with amazing detail. After a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his "green mansion",...
20) Henry Hudson
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English