Discovery

Description

Discovery or Discoverie was a small 20-ton, 38 foot (12 m) long "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. It was one of the three ships (along with Susan Constant and Godspeed) on the 1606-1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia.

She then took part in six expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. During the 1610-1611 expedition in the Canadian arctic, the crew of Discovery mutinied, and set their captain Henry Hudson adrift in a small boat; he was not seen again, and the crew returned to England.

Publications

Title	Publication Date	Description	Link
Discovery (1602 ship) (webpage from Wikipedia)		A short article about the ship	Link

Events

Name	Date
Henry Hudson's 1610 expedition sets sail	1610-04-17
Discovery returns to London	1611-10-20

Expeditions

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Start Head Count	End Head Count
Henry Hudson's 1610 Voyage	1610	1611	25

Locations

North American Plate
Northwest Passage

Operated By

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Short Biography
Henry Hudson	1565		an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.

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