The bodies of water referred to could be Gravesend Bay and Raritan Bay. "Our Master" refers to the captain, Henry Hudson. The "Boate" is a 16-foot rowboat equipped with a sail. A "league" is about ...

In 1609 the English King, James I, called upon Henry Hudson ... named -- the Hudson River. And he had been to Greenland and the edge of the polar ice. Tribal distribution at first contact By ...

This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one would follow him. What he discovered instead ...