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Why did Henry Hudson sail for the Dutch?

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Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in 1607, when he was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. ... Hudson's discoveries laid the groundwork for Dutch colonization of the Hudson River region, as well as English land claims in Canada

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Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in 1607, when he was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. ... Hudson's discoveries laid the groundwork for Dutch colonization of the Hudson River region, as well as English land claims in Canada.

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