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Was Henry Hudson Henry the navigator?

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No. Henry the Navigator was the monarch of Portugal in the middle 15th century who sent off many Portuguese expeditions of discovery to Africa and India. Henry Hudson was actually Hendrick Hudsun, a Dutch adventurer in the employ of Bristol (England) merchants who discovered New York in the 16th century.

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