On Henry Hudson's
voyage up the Hudson, one of his officers, Robert Juet, kept a log
of the ship's navigational record and other observations. This journal
is now a valuable source of information about what the Hudson River
Valley and its people were like during that September in 1609. It
also tells us a lot about what Hudson and his crewmates were like,
and how they felt about what they were seeing.
Every day, we
will post entries from on board the Half Moon to let you know
how our voyage is progressing as our student crew recreates Hudson's voyage. While waiting for our 2007 logs, you can track the parallel progress of the original Half Moon in 1609, as presented in the journal of Robert Juet. (Juet's original spelling has been preserved; note that English spelling in the 17th century did not follow the standardized rules we use today.)
The two legs of our Fall 2007 Voyage of Discovery parallel the expedition of the original Half Moon as it traveled up what the Dutch called the North River, culminating in the ship's fruitful arrival at the site of modern Albany on September 19th.
We hope these logs, both past and present, will help you learn about
what we're discovering, and something about us, too. Check back often!
Click on one of the dates, below, to see what we're doing on that day.
