Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson » (New Edition)

Peter C. Mancall is Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of the USC–Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. He is the author of Hakluyt’s Promise and At the Edge of Empire. He lives in Los Angeles.

From an acclaimed historian, the tale of Henry Hudson’s final voyage in search of the Northwest Passage—and the unsolved mystery surrounding his death

The Washington Post - Dennis Drabelle

Fatal Journey is a short and dependable guide to what befell a great but flawed explorer.

I Mutiny 1

II The Age of Spices 19

III The Northern Sailor 41

IV The North Atlantic 77

V The Labyrinth Without End 91

VI Assaults 119

VII Interrogations 147

VIII Dead Ends 165

IX The Trial 185

X Tides 211

Note on Sources 237

Notes 249

Acknowledgments 287

Index 289