Henry Hudson. Edward Butts

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       Edward Butts

      Ed Butts is the author of several published books, most of them historical non-fiction. Many of his books are for adult readers, but he has also written for juveniles. Ed has had three books shortlisted for awards, including The Desperate Ones, nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award, and, most recently, SOS: Stories of Survival, nominated for a Red Maple Award. He is also the author of a humorous book about English grammar, Idioms for Aliens.

      Ed has written hundreds of feature-length articles for various publications, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Old West Magazine. His articles cover such topics as history, education, entertainment, humour, current events, travel, and writing. He has also written hundreds of short articles on a wide variety of topics — everything from gardening to airlines — for www.ExquisiteWriting.com. Ed lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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      A QUEST BIOGRAPHY

      HENRY

       HUDSON

      NEW WORLD VOYAGER

      EDWARD BUTTS

      Copyright © Edward Butts, 2009

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.

      Project Editor: Michael Carroll

       Copy Editor: Cheryl Hawley

       Designer: Jennifer Scott

       Printer: Marquis

       Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Butts, Edward, 1951-

       Henry Hudson : New World voyager / by Edward Butts.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

       ISBN 978-1-55488-455-1

      1. Hudson, Henry, d. 1611. 2. Explorers--Great Britain--Biography. I. Title.

      FC3211.1.H8B88 2009 910.92 C2009-902458-6

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      We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

      Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions.

       J. Kirk Howard, President

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