The end of the 16th century was a constant competition amongst the Europeans of who would be able to obtain the most resources through discovering new trade routes to various areas. Henry Hudson, an adept navigator and trader of his time, was first hired by the Muscovey Company who had given him the task to find a route to China for various spice trading purposes. He failed at both attempts to seach for the Northeast Passage to China. However, his considered third “failed” attempt by the Dutch East India Company was a very significant discovery. Instead, Hudson had found what he called the “Great River of the Mountains”, which we now know today as the Hudson Bay.
Initially, the discovery of the Hudson Bay and its natives weren’t a useful aspect to the Dutch East India Company, but it surely had paved a great path for the European fur traders who sought to establish a West India Company. This discovery had surely become a great acomplishment in historical change because it allowed for investigation and trade in the western hemisphere rather than the east towards China. It opened up new gates for future explorers and navigators who would find it useful to conquer and create a settlement in the new land and use its resources to establish flourishing colonies.