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What happened to Henry Hudson after the 1611 mutiny?

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Following the mutiny on June 22, 1611, Henry Hudson, his son, and seven crew members were cast adrift in a small open boat within Hudson Bay.1

The fate of the castaways remains unknown, as they were never heard from again. While a later explorer discovered the ruins of a shelter in the region between 1631 and 1632 that may have been constructed by the group, there is no definitive evidence regarding what happened to them after they were abandoned by the mutineers.12