Identifier: annualreportofam00amer_2 (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to the legislature of the State of New York.
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Subjects: Historic buildings Natural monuments Monuments
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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We can see to-day from the absurdities of the ' new
map in Davis' book that the land in the region of New York
had not bee explored in detail, and we know from Juet's jour-
nal " of Hudson's voyage of 1609 that the adjacent triangle of the
ocean was regarded as " an unknown sea."¹⁰ This region, there-
fore, offered to Hudson untested possibilities which, with the
descriptions sent to him by Smith and probably obtained from
the Indians, must have been very tempting. Furthermore, the
passage by latitude 40°, if it should prove to be feasible, would
avoid the rigors of climate and dangers of ice presented by the
more northern route, and, passing through a more habitable
region, would offer larger probabilities of subsistence. In view
of these considerations, and with the new map before Hudson
and his crew, one can readily understand why they voted in 109
to try the Rio de Guamas passage and why Hudson thus came to
the Hudson river.

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⁹ See reference to River of Gomez on page 804 following.
¹⁰ This testimony of Juet's Journal under date of August 9th to the preva-
lent ignorance concerning this portion of the Atlantic coast is very significant,
and adds to the importance of Hudsons explorations.
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