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48 pp.
| Mikaya
| December, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-9650493-8-8$$19.95
(4)
4-6
Great Explorers series.
Illustrated by
Fernando Rangel.
Recounting each of the four voyages Henry Hudson undertook in hopes of discovering the Northwest Passage, the book presents a clear, if undramatic, overview of the explorer's accomplishments and sad fate. Excerpts from the diaries of Hudson and some of his shipmates accompany the text, which is illustrated with occasionally static full-page paintings. A complete list of Hudson's crew is included. Ind.