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In 1609, Henry Hudson, an English explorer sailing under the flag of the Dutch East India Company, passed this point while searching for a northwest sea route to Asia. His voyage later gave the river its name. In 1785, American whalers and merchantmen from Nantucket and other Atlantic ports sailed here to establish a new and more secure port 120 miles from the sea, naming their settlement the City of Hudson in honor of him. Hudson became one of the new nation's fastest growing cities, quickly rivaling New York City as a bustling seaport, and it missed becoming the permanent capital of New York by one vote.
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Hudson, New York · United States
