Hudson turned to the Dutch who were the greatest trading rival of England and was hired to seek a northeast passage. This was the direction he had taken in his second voyage when he had trouble. During the trip Hudson faced a possiblity of a muntiny from his crew. He didn't do what the contract said and turned the boat around, The Half Moon, and went to a warm climate.

Hudson sailed to a wide river that now is near New York City. He hoped the river would go through the land to the other side to the Pacific. After 150 miles the water was too shallow to keep going, so he turned around and went home. This was another unsuccessful journey to find the Orient. In the voyages the crew were in numerous fights with the natives.

He came home and they arrested him because he was sailing under the Dutch flag. The dutch crew went home. He failed on His voyage.

Hudson turned to Peter Plancius and convinced him there could be a passage to the northwest.

The Dutch decided to hire Hudson to find a passage, only along the way of his last voyage, before the French did. The next three months were spent working out routes with Plancius. His contract said don't go anywhere else but what we said. The crew set sail. There were 20 selected English and Dutch sailors who didn't speak each others language.

A mutiny almost broke out because there was cold stormy water, that the Dutch did not like, so they turned around and went to warmer waters. He broke his contract because he did not go the way DEI said. There were alot of storms, but they made it to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. They headed southwest and found land and natives to trade with. He sent a small boat out to see how shallow the river got and when they came back they figured out that Hudson couldn't go down there because it was so shallow.

Hudson reached the mouth of a wide river, now called the Hudson River. Everybody thinks that Hudson found the Hudson River, but he didn't. He claimed the land by the river for the Dutch who paid for his journey. Hudson sent Coleman 12 miles on a boat to explore and he was attacked by natives. They called the burial place Coleman's Point.

Moving on and trading with natives once again, the natives came and ambushed the Half Moon. Hudson went back to the mouth of the Hudson River and left for the old world even though some Dutch wanted to stay for the winter and continue the next year, but Hudson said,"NO!"

When they returned everything was in good shape and they switched some crew members to ones that where calm. Then the Dutch wanted the Half Moon to return to Amsterdam immediately. The English wouldn't let him go or even talk to The East India Co that sent him on the trip. Hudson was kept in house arrest and never went back to Amsterdam.

The Half Moon, along with he Dutch crew, sailed to Holland with Hudsons charts and log books.