1 1 8 Arctic and Antarctic Exploration [part i 
on her great enterprise. The intention was to find the 
passage to Cathay by sailing due north from Spitsbergen, 
instead of north-west. 
Hudson had studied the accounts of the voyages of 
Stephen Burrough, Arthur Pet, and William Barentsz. 
He was led to the conclusion that the attempts to the 
eastward had offered small hope of success, so he reverted 
to the advice of Master Thorne to shape a course north- 
ward and make boldly for the Pole itself. It was then 
thought that ice did not form on the open sea, but only 
on the coast in bays and inlets. 
On the ist May, 1607, the Hopewell sailed from 
Gravesend, was off the Shetlands on the 26th, and on 
13th June was in sight of very high land. James Young 
was the first to report it, so it received the name of Cape 
Young. Soon a coast-line was visible extending for 9 
leagues. It was the east coast of Greenland. Hudson 
alwavs calls it Groneland, while the name of Greenland 
(or Newland) is given to Spitsbergen in accordance with 
the belief of Barentsz. He got the first name from the 
misleading Zeno map 1 . 
Behind Cape Young a high mountain, like a round 
castle, received the name of the Mount of God's Mercy. 
On the 22nd, Hudson found himself in 72 0 38' N., and 
high land was again sighted in 73 0 N., which received 
the name of Hold-with-Hope. 
Hold-with-Hope is a little to the south of the 
Pendulum Islands, visited by Clavering 200 years after- 
wards, and is a position which does credit to the skill 
and perseverance of Hudson and his companions. His 
conclusion was that he was too far to the westward, so 
he resolved to follow the edge of the ice to the north-east, 
seeking for an opening. This course brought the little 
Hopewell to 78 0 N., and in sight of the Newland or 
Greenland of Barentsz, afterwards named Spitsbergen. 
This was on June 27th, when Hudson supposed himself 
to be near the " Vogel Hoek" (Bird Cape) of Barentsz. 
Unfortunately Hudson's own journal is lost. We have 
only the journal of one of the men named John Playse. 
It was no doubt copied from the Master's log, but in 
such a way that it is not possible to make out the 
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