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Feb 25, 2018 · Henry Hudson was famously the first European to sail up the river and explore the bay that both now bear his name. In 1608, Hudson noted in his logbook that a few of his crew had spotted a mermaid swimming close to the ship’s side looking up at them.
In one of Hudson's journal entries he describes a mermaid that his men saw swimming alongside their ship. A northwest passage was finally discovered by explorer Roald Amundsen in 1906. Hudson's discoveries and maps proved valuable to both the Dutch and the English.
Jul 21, 2018 · Christopher Columbus reported seeing mermaids near Haiti in 1493, and the English explorer Henry Hudson (namesake of New York’s Hudson River) gave a vivid description of the mermaid his crew apparently saw off the coast of Greenland in 1608: “From the navill upward her backe and breasts were like a woman’s,
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In 1609, before he came upon the river we now call by his name, English explorer Henry Hudson documented his crew’s sighting of a mermaid off the coast of Greenland: “By that time shee was come close to the ship’s side, looking earnestly on the men a little after, a sea came and overturned her from the navill upward, her backe and breasts were, lik...
A traditional Lenni Lenape story tells of a boy taken by a sudden rushing wave while he was walking through a stream that was normally calm and safe to cross. The boy’s friends, who’d witnessed the awful event, described to his parents his sudden disappearance under the water. The parents of the boy went to a seer who told them that their son was a...
By the nineteenth century, mermaids were an international sensation. In 1842, the circus showman, P.T. Barnum exhibited a gruesome construction that he called the “Fejee Mermaid.” This less than beautiful spectacle was actually an assemblage of at least two animal corpses — hardly the stuff that dreams are made of. Still, it drew crowds to New York...
In 1869, an actual New Jersey mermaid was widely reported to have been found off the coast of Tom’s River. News accounts express disappointment that the fishermenwho caught her were so frightened as to throw her back into the sea from which she’d come. But there would probably have been a curse in keeping her, so it’s likely better that they let he...
One would think that authors aplenty would have documented tales of mermaids roaming our waters. But only a few published accounts exist that record this maritime history. New York Times bestselling artist and author Mark Siegel’s graphic novel, Sailor Twain: Or the Mermaid in the Hudson, tells a lusty love story that takes place on a Hudson River ...
The gorgeously illustrated Sailor Twainfeatures a wounded mermaid whose caregiver becomes supernaturally obsessed with her, in the vein of old siren song stories. The health and medical treatment of mermaids is often on the mind of Sara Weller, a Jersey City resident who works to program tours of the abandoned hospitals on Ellis Island. She notes t...
To be and see a mermaid, one need go no further than the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. This year, fin-tastic costumes will be donned on Saturday, June 18th, for the 40th annual parade. New Jersey’s Asbury Park has hosted its own Promenade of Mermaids and will, if we are lucky, do so again in the future. To see real-life mermaids as they swim beneath...
Mermaids Lounge & Eatery- Hudson, Hudson, Florida. 2,518 likes · 173 talking about this · 17,598 were here. Mermaids is a full liquor lounge that serves a full bar menu and late night kitchen! !...
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Celebrate our river, the park, and Sleepy Hollow’s mystical heritage. The Sleepy Hollow Mermaid Festival is a community celebration that encourages Hudson River access and education. The Festival's mission is to connect residents with the river today so we can all be part of its future.
Aug 2, 2023 · Who Was Henry Hudson? Believed to have been born in the late 16th century, English explorer Henry Hudson made two unsuccessful sailing voyages in search of an ice-free passage to Asia.
