Souvenir Program And Guide Hudson Fulton Celebration Discovery Of The Hudson River By Henry Hudson 1609 Inauguration Of Steam Navigation By Robert Fulton 1807 PDF Download

Excerpt from Historical Souvenir of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, State of New York: For the Commemoration of the Ter-Centenary of the Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in the Year 1609, and of the First Use of Steam in the Navigation of the Said River by Robert Fulton in 1807 The first account which appeared in print of Hudson's voyage for the East India Company, was in 1611, in a supplementary volume of Emanuel Van Meteren's history of the Netherlands. Van Meteren was born at Ant werp in 1535, but was taken at fifteen years of age to London by his father to be brought up in mercantile pursuits. He was a relative of the celebrated geographer, Ortelius, with whom he traveled over England and Ireland, and at whose suggestion he undertook the task Of writing a history of the Netherlands. He continued to reside at London till his death on the 18th of April, 1612, only four months after the completion and publication of his work. He was Consul of the Netherlands at London for the last thirty years of his life. His position, therefore, gave him especial opportunities to write correctly upon a Voyage which in some measure was connected both with England and the Netherlands. The first part of his history was published surreptitiously in Latin and German in 1595 in Germany, whither he had sent it for the purpose of having some engravings for it prepared. He first published it himself in Holland, in Dutch, in 1599. Another edition with a continuation appeared in 1608; and the third in 16ii, in 4toz which he declares on the title contains his last corrections, and which, as we have said, was, in fact, the last edition during his lifetime. It has, however, been often reprinted Since, and has been translated into French and German, and printed in those languages. It is considered a standard authority, especially for his own time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.