Reenacting Henry Hudson
1609 Voyage
on the Half Moon replica
Sept. 7 to Sept. 19, 2002
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Students from the Philip Livingston Magnet Academy and Rensselaer Middle High will sail on the Half Moon replica reenacting Henry Hudson historic 1609 voyage of discovery. Starting in lower New York Harbor and ending the Albany, the students will follow Henry Hudson's course up the Hudson River, stopping on the same days and locations where Hudson stopped in 1609.
Sept. 7 to Sept. 19 Reenact 1609 voyage up the Hudson River
Sept. 19 Half Moon Arrival and Reception at Corning Preserve, Albany
Sept. 21 to Oct. 14 Group tours of the Half Moon
may be scheduled for Mondays through Fridays, 8 am to 2:30 pm. Group tours
can be booked through the Albany Visitors Center,
518-434-0405.
The Half Moon is open to the general public on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information, call the Albany Visitors Center at 518-434-0405.
Oct. 18 to Oct. 20 Half Moon returns to Verplanck
The students are posting a daily log on the Internet, and you can following their progress at http://www.halfmoon.mus.ny.us/sepvoyage.htm
The crew of middle school students will post their work and respond to e-mail inquiries by posting answers each day. E-mail (text only, and keep it short) may be sent to halvemaen@aol.com
Meet the students on the Half Moon at http://www.halfmoon.mus.ny.us/sepcrew.htm
Text of Robert Juet's journal from Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage http://www.lihistory.com/vault/hs216a1v.htm
More about Henry Hudson and the Half Moon from the Hudson River Maritime Museum http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm
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