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Henry Hudson

1570 - 1611

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Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Hudson has received more than 3,165,261 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Henry Hudson is the 59th most popular explorer (down from 55th in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 514th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Explorer.

Henry Hudson is most famous for his exploration of the Hudson River.

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  • 64.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henry Hudson ranks 59 out of 498. Before him are Diogo Cão, William Adams, Hanno the Navigator, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, and John Smith. After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Diogo Dias, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, and Davy Crockett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Henry Hudson ranks 3. Before him are Guy Fawkes, and Hans Lippershey. After him are Willem Janszoon, Jan Janszoon, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Kara Davud Pasha, Giorgi Saakadze, Alessandro Salvio, Abraham Janssens, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, and Péter Pázmány. Among people deceased in 1611, Henry Hudson ranks 4. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. After him are Bartholomeus Spranger, Eleanor de' Medici, Katō Kiyomasa, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Sanada Masayuki, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 494 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Amis (1949), George Everest (1790), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), James Callaghan (1912), Thomas Carlyle (1795), and J. Bruce Ismay (1862). After him are Trevor Howard (1913), James I of Scotland (1394), Richard Branson (1950), James IV of Scotland (1473), John Couch Adams (1819), and Patrick Stewart (1940).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 9. Before him are David Livingstone (1813), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), William Baffin (1584), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), William Adams (1564), and John Smith (1580). After him are John Davis (1550), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Dampier (1651), James Clark Ross (1800), Robert FitzRoy (1805), and Mary Kingsley (1862).

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