This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one would follow him. What he discovered instead ...

In 1609 the English King, James I, called upon Henry ... Hudson desperately was hoping for a southern outlet back to the Atlantic ocean. But his men wanted to turn around, to try and find a route ...

Henry Hudson's explorations laid the groundwork for ... end" for several weeks before he admitted that it wasn't the route to China. By then, it was October and too late to return to England ...