When did henry hudson go on his first ,second ,third,and fourth voyage ?
Henry Hudson was born at a turning point in English history. England was in a tumultuous era, rapidly changing from a predominantly agrarian society to a mercantile and maritime power. Strife between religious factions tore the nation apart, and upset international alliances. Economies were changing, European wealth and trade shifting from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. It was a turbulent, rich and exciting era. Henry VIII’s break from the Catholic Church in 1534 had isolated England from most of Europe, and for most of the century threatened war to restore Catholic power – preferably through a subservient Catholic ruler on the throne. Henry’s main allies were a group of small, rebellious states in Northern Europe. The Netherlands were fighting to slough off Spain’s domination, some of the German states were fighting to establish their Protestant church free of the Pope and Catholic control. The Protestant Reformation had begun with Martin Luther in 1517 and spread rapidly among ma
