This fall, Cosimo celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey on the Dutch ship the Half Moon to the shores of what is now New York City by presenting a number of unique classic books covering Hudson’s life and his courageous journey.

Henry Hudson in Holland, by Henry C. Murphy, is a significant early treatise on Hudson’s voyages. This volume, a replica of the original 1859 monograph, collects all the original documents known to exist about Hudson’s third voyage — the one in which he sailed up what is now called the Hudson River.

Hard to find in print, this is an important new edition of an essential work of documentation of one of the most inadvertently profound incidents of global history: the beginnings of the city that is arguably the capital of the world today.

Other Henry Hudson titles from Cosimo include:

• Henry Hudson, The Navigator — edited, partially translated, and annotated by Georg Asher — which collects the eyewitness documentation of Hudson’s voyages of exploration.

• Henry Hudson, A Brief Statement, by Thomas Janvier, which comes complete with charming etchings from the original 1909 edition.

For more information news and events honoring the 400th anniversary of Hudson’s history-making 1609 voyage, visit HenryHudson400.com.

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