He Made His Third Voyage For The Dutch East India Company
In order to discover that path to Asia, the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands hired Hudson to make a third northeast expedition in 1609. Approximately at latitudes 62° and 40° North, respectively, Hudson had learned of two potential routes to the Pacific. Hudson decided to head back to Holland immediately if the northeast journey didn't work out, despite his curiosity in these northwest passageways having been piqued. On April 6, 1609, he set out from Holland aboard the vessel Halve Maen (Half Moon). But when unfavorable weather once more prevented him from traveling northeast, he disregarded his promise to his employers to return immediately and instead steered the ship toward North America in search of a northwest passage.
Hudson's expedition left Newfoundland, Canada, and proceeded south along the Atlantic coast before entering the great river that Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazano had uncovered in 1524. Before realizing that it would not lead all the way to the Pacific, they proceeded 150 miles up the river, to what is now Albany. The river would then be referred to be the Hudson going forward. In order to stop Hudson and the other English crew members from traveling on behalf of other countries, English authorities intervened when Hudson docked in Dartmouth, England, on the return voyage. Holland received the ship's log and documents, and word of Hudson's discoveries traveled there rapidly.
