2011

Half Moon

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

“[A] meticulous account…few will resist the colorful personal conflicts, tortuous politics and alternately friendly and vicious encounters between Europeans and Native Americans.”

—Publishers Weekly

“[Hunter is] an experienced sailor, and his observations of nautical life are astute…a picture emerges of Hudson as a wily operator who knew what he wanted to find, and where he wanted to go to find it — and wasn’t about to tell his merchant backers any more than they needed to know so they would give him a ship. Hunter provides a fine account of Hudson’s wheeling and dealing, and the hoodwinking of the Dutch and English backers of his various voyages.”

—Boston Globe

"From the flimsy historical record, the author synthesizes a plausible, and jaunty, version of [Hudson's] voyage.”

—New York Times

“Stand[s] out. Insightful look at Hudson, his pivotal achievement and the world events surrounding it.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“[A] deftly organized and balanced portrait of the unpredictable Hudson, his volatile crew, and their voyage aboard the Dutch ship Half Moon. Complete with mutiny, political maneuvering, spying, and conflict with natives, Hudson's sometimes bloody adventures are full of incident and accident brought to vivid life in Hunter's nuanced prose.”

—Library Journal

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