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A news blog dedicated to scholarship, publishing, museology, archaeology, and all things exploration related, maintained by Douglas Hunter, author of God’s Mercies, Half Moon, and The Race to the New World
Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World
BY DOUGLAS HUNTER
“Fans of the era of discovery will delight in Hunter’s history of Hudson’s famed expedition.”
—Booklist
If you want to read about Englishman Henry Hudson’s 1609 New World voyage in the Dutch ship, Half Moon (Haelf Maen), this is by far the best iteration, measuring well above the myriad other offerings that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the explorer’s jaunt up the Hudson River. Drawing on new primary research materials, Douglas Hunter recounts the voyage and delves into its purported purpose in this colorful and reasoned narrative.”
—The Explorers Journal, The Explorers Club, New York
Available from
Buy it. —National Post
LINKS
Online Archives
Arctic Institute of North America
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Bibilothèque et archives nationales du Québec
CARRIE full-text electronic library
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
LIBRO: Library of Iberian Resources Online
The Orb: online reference book for Medieval studies
Research at King’s College, London: Early Modern Spain
Social Sciences Research Network
Online Exhibits
Canadian Museum of Civilization: The Virtual Museum of New France—The Explorers
The History Project at University of California, Davis
Royal Geographic Society: Hidden Histories of Exploration
The Hudson: The River that Defined America
The Mariners Museum: Exploration Through the Ages
Library of Congress: Exploring the Early Americas
Library and Archives Canada: Exploration and Settlement
Cartography
Map Collections, Library of Congress
Henry Davis Consulting Cartographic Images
Historical Maps, James Ford Bell Library
Historical Maps, Perry-Castenada Map Collection
Map History/History of Cartography
The Vinland Map: Some Finer Points of Debate (McCulloch)
Vinlanda: The Vinland Map on the Web
Societies and Orgs
Arctic Institute of North America
Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology
Canada’s National History Society
Institute of Historical Research (UK)
Society for the History of Discoveries
Society for Renaissance Studies
Publications
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
Other Resources
Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery
By Douglas Hunter
God's Mercies is entertaining, enlightening and significant: Bravo!
—The Globe & Mail
Adventures in Canadian history don't come much better than this.
—Winnipeg Free Press
A first-rate adventure story
—Montreal Gazette
““This original book takes the stuff of the exploration narrative, a tale many times told, and makes it new and compelling. By bringing 17th-century rivals Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain together onto the same canvas, Hunter creates a memorable, suspense-filled and elegantly-written drama.” ”
—2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards nomination jury statement
Dispatches
An eclectic sampling of eyewitness accounts
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“absolutely splended”
—Dr. Conrad Heidenreich
“Hunter turns what seems like a well-known story into something well worth exploring again.”
—Kirkus
“opens new windows on the history of exploration”
—Publishers Weekly
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