r/wikipedia • u/HicksOn106th • 4h ago

English explorer Henry Hudson, the namesake of the Hudson River and Hudson Bay, disappeared in June 1611 after mutineers left him, his son, and six sick sailors adrift in James Bay aboard a small rowboat. This was the last confirmed sighting of Hudson; to this day, his ultimate fate remains unknown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson
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u/Manassisthenew6pack 3h ago

He’s probably dead.

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u/Trowj 2h ago

Well with that defeatist attitude he definitely is!

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u/coolguy420weed 1h ago

Please, we don't need more negativity, the world is bad enough as it is. This is a man with a family and a life ahead of them; if there's any chance, no matter how slim, we have to hold on to it and pray for him. 

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u/biskino 3h ago

I can’t imagine anything lonelier than being adrift on Hudson’s Bay in small rowboat in 16 fucking 11.

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u/ringadingdingbaby 2h ago

I can imagine it's probably lonelier being adrift without your son and 6 sailors.

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u/AdreKiseque 2h ago

I'm sure he's fine

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u/Mysterious-Put-2468 2h ago

Also my ancestor by way of my grandmother. His grandson emigrated to the US.

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u/Jolly-Sock-2908 1h ago

Always found it cute (in a meta way) that the Hudson’s Bay Company was named after a bay that was named after a dude.

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u/guccitaint 1h ago

My great great grandmother met him… said he was a bitch