Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson

Mancall, Peter C.

ISBN 10: 046500511X / ISBN 13: 9780465005116

Edité par Basic Books, 2009

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• Titre: Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 046500511X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780465005116
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Poids: 32 onces
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Synopsis

The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition.

In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson's small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay.

A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men.

À propos de l?auteur

Peter C. Mancall is Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of the USC–Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. He is the author of Hakluyt's Promise and At the Edge of Empire. He lives in Los Angeles.