In 1609 Henry Hudson poked around the mouth of the Delaware Bay and finding it to not be the Northwest passage, continued on to the islands at the mouth of what is now known as the Hudson River. He’d eventually follow the river up to what is now Albany, then head back to Europe having established Dutch land claims from the Chesapeake to Newfoundland.
Back in England…The King’s Men, including William Shakespeare, became part owners in the Blackfriars theatre. The roofed Blackfriars became the winter home of acting company.
