سفر مرگبار: آخرین سفر هنری هادسون: داستانی از شورش و قتل در قطب شمال

I. Mutiny; II. The Age of Spices; III. The Northern Sailor; IV. The North Atlantic; V. The Labyrinth Without End; VI. Assaults; VII. Interrogations; VIII. Dead Ends; IX. The Trial; X. Tides; Note on Sources; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.;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 English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey , acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition. In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson's small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay. A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men. Presents the tale of Henry Hudson's doomed final voyage in search of sea passage across the New World on its 400th anniversary. This title tells the story of Hudson, his men, and the fate of the mutineers, employing narratives from the expedition itself, testimony offered in trials of the survivors, and the last words that Hudson ever wrote.

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.

Examines the events of English explorer Henry Hudson's final expedition in the winter of 1610 and the mutiny that followed, resulting in Hudson, his son, and other crew members being forced off the boat and set adrift in the frigid Hudson Bay