This image shows the Hudson River which runs through eastern New York. The photo was taken from a footbridge that crosses the river. For more information on rivers, check out the ten longest rivers in the world or our fun river facts for...

A map of the Hudson River area from West Point to the Long Island Sound showing the Revolutionary War posts along the river, including West Point, Peekskill, Verplanck's Point, Stony Point, New York, Brooklyn, and the forts Montgomery,...

A map of the forts along the Hudson River during the American Revolution from West Point to Stony Point.

Who was Henry Hudson? What happened to him? This one-page biography from PBS provides learners with these details and more.

Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...

Including two pictures of York Boats, this Manitoba Historical Society web page provides interesting information on the genesis of the York Boat, and how the Hudson's Bay Company employees and agents, familiar with boats used in Orkney...

A biography of Henry Hudson (1565-1611), an English explorer and sea captain. He made four voyages in an attempt to discover a northern route between Europe and Asia. Hudson never found such a passage, but he sailed farther north than...

Overview of the Erie Canal from its initial proposal to its completion.

Analysis of Cole's famous landscape of a bow-shaped bend in a river conveys all the essential qualities that typify works by Hudson River school artists.

Find statistics about the many river systems of the world. Includes facts such as length, drainage area, cities, notable tributaries, and more. Also provides links to sites about some of the rivers.

Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and...

Ironically, Henry Hudson, English explorer, was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company when he explored what is now the New York area. Read about the colony the Dutch established at the mouth of the Hudson River and see how the...

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Thomas Chambers is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape and portraits. His landscape paintings famously depict the Hudson River...

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Sanford Robinson Gifford is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his connections to the Hudson River school.

Site from NY DEC gives general information on estuaries and their ecological importance to the NY and NJ coastal areas. Gives more specific information on the Peconic Estuary and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary, with a focus on...

Essay about the beginnings of Dutch exploration into the New World. The author describe the journey of Englishman, Henry Hudson, as he sailed reaching the north Atlantic coast of America, what is now Newfoundland and explored the river...

Kids learn about the major rivers of the United States including the Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, and the Hudson. Geography of the US.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Albert Bierstadt, a German-American landscape painter.

Details Russian expansion across Asia, over the Bering Strait to Alaska, and then down the coast to California. Their settlement, relations with the Spanish, life in Ft. Ross, and departure are chronicled here.

A comprehensive site on the colonization of New Netherland by the Dutch. Find maps, pictures, and artifacts on this interesting tour.

A map of the region explored by Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson south of the St. Lawrence River in 1609. The map shows the area from the St. Lawrence down the Richenlieu south to Lake Champlain to the southernmost point reached by...

Henry Hudson was an explorer who discovered the Hudson River.

A road map of Hudson, New York, from the 1920 Automobile Club of Rochester, showing the Hudson River, principal roads, railroads and stations, ferry route, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.

A road map of Hudson, New York, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Hudson River, principal roads, railroads and stations, ferry route, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.